Proverbs 10:5

Contemporary English Version 1995

At harvest season it's smart to work hard, but stupid to sleep.

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but they store up food during harvest season.

Ants, who seem to be feeble, but store up food all summer long;

Disgraceful children rob their father and chase their mother away.

A wise slave will be placed in charge of a no-good child, and that slave will be given the same inheritance that each child receives.

A helpful wife is a jewel for her husband, but a shameless wife will make his bones rot.

You lazy people can learn by watching an anthill.

Laziness leads to poverty; hard work makes you rich.

Everyone praises good people, but evil hides behind the words of the wicked.

After the hay is cut and the new growth appears and the harvest is over,