Proverbs 10:5

A Conservative Version

He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

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provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer,

He who does violence to his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame and brings reproach.

A servant who deals wisely shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brothers.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.

He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The hay is carried, and the tender grass shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.