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Proverbs 6:8

New English Translation

yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.

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The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.

And there will be enough goat’s milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.

ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer;

How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.