Proverbs 6:8
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 6 connects to 3 cross-references. Practical warnings about becoming surety for a neighbor, laziness (as seen in the ant who gathers food in summer), the seven things the Lord hates — haughty eyes, lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood — and the devastating consequences …
Other Translations
Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.
She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
Cross References
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth …
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on …