Proverbs 10:5

New Century Version

Those who gather crops on time are wise, but those who sleep through the harvest are a disgrace.

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A lazy person will end up poor, but a hard worker will become rich.

Good people will have rich blessings, but the wicked will be overwhelmed by violence.

A good wife is like a crown for her husband, but a disgraceful wife is like a disease in his bones.

A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful child and will even inherit a share of what the master leaves his children.

A child who robs his father and sends away his mother brings shame and disgrace on himself.

Bring in the hay, and let the new grass appear. Gather the grass from the hills.

Ants are not very strong, but they store up food in the summer.

Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch what they do and be wise.

but they store up food in the summer and gather their supplies at harvest.