The Folly of Indolence

(A)Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
Which, having no [a]captain,
Overseer or ruler,
Provides her [b]supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:7 Lit. leader
  2. Proverbs 6:8 Lit. bread

He who gathers in (A)summer is a wise son;
He who sleeps in harvest is (B)a son who causes shame.

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21 She is not afraid of snow for her household,
For all her household is clothed with scarlet.

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