Proverbs 10:5

Modern English Version

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.

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provides her food in the summer and gathers her sustenance in the harvest.

the ants are a people not strong, yet they store up their food in the summer;

He who plunders his father and evicts his mother is a shameful and disgraceful son.

A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, and will share the inheritance among the brothers.

A virtuous wife is the crown of her husband, but a wife who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise,

He who has an idle hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

When the hay is removed, and the tender grass appears, and herbs of the mountains are gathered,