Proverbs 10:5

5 A sensible person gathers in summer, but he who sleeps during harvest is an embarrassment.

Proverbs 10:5 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 10:5

He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son
Which is the time of gathering the fruits of the earth, and laying them up against winter, as the ant is said to do, ( Proverbs 6:8 ) ;

[but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame;
to himself, and to his parents and relations. The sum of the proverb is, that, in the time of health and youth, persons should be active and industrious in their several callings and stations, and provide against a time of sickness and old age; and that they should lose no opportunities, neither in a natural nor spiritual way, of doing or receiving good.

Proverbs 10:5 In-Context

3 ADONAI does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

4 Idle hands bring poverty; diligent hands bring wealth.

5 A sensible person gathers in summer, but he who sleeps during harvest is an embarrassment.

6 Blessings are for the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked is a cover for violence.

7 The memory of the righteous will be for a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.