Proverbs 10:5

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:8 : 8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
  • Prov 17:2 : 2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
  • Prov 19:26 : 26 He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
  • Prov 30:25 : 25 the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 6:6 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near: 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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