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Proverbs 10:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.

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He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.

He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.

The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer;

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.