Proverbs 6:7

7 They have no leader, chief, or ruler,

Proverbs 6:7 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 6:7

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler.
] None to guide and direct her what to do; nor any to overlook her, to see that she does aright, or to oblige her to work, and keep her to it; nor any to call her to an account, and correct her for doing amiss; and nevertheless diligent and industrious, doing everything of herself, by the instinct of nature, readily and willingly: and yet how slothful are men; who, besides the dictates of nature, reason, and conscience, have parents, masters, ministers, and magistrates, to guide, direct, exhort, instruct, and enforce! so Aristotle F11 says of the ant, that it is (agarcov) , without any ruler or governor.


FOOTNOTES:

F11 Hist. de Animal. l. 1. c. 1.

Proverbs 6:7 In-Context

5 Get out of the trap like a bird or a deer escaping from a hunter.
6 Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live.
7 They have no leader, chief, or ruler,
8 but they store up their food during the summer, getting ready for winter.
9 How long is the lazy man going to lie around? When is he ever going to get up?
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.