Proverbs 10:5

5 He who gathers in the summer [is] a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest [is] a child who brings shame.

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 Yahweh will not cause a righteous person to go hungry, but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.

4 A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.

5 He who gathers in the summer [is] a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest [is] a child who brings shame.

6 Blessings [belong] to the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

7 The memory of righteousness [is] like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.