5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5)Here is, 1. The just praise of those who improve their opportunities, who take pains to gather and increase what they have, both for soul and body, who provide for hereafter while provision is to be made, who gather in summer , which is gathering time. He who does so is a wise son , and it is his honour; he acts wisely for his parents, whom, if there be occasion, he ought to maintain, and he gives…
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