Proverbs 6:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Prepareth her meat in the sommer, & gathereth her foode in haruest.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:5 : 5 He that gathereth in sommer, is the sonne of wisdome: but he that sleepeth in haruest, is the sonne of confusion.
  • Prov 30:25 : 25 The pismires a people not strong, yet prepare they their meate in sommer:
  • 1 Tim 6:19 : 19 Laying vp in store for themselues a good foundation against the time to come, that they may obteine eternall life.

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  • Prov 6:9-10
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    76%

    9Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?

    10Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe.

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    13She seeketh wooll and flaxe, and laboureth cheerefully with her handes.

    14She is like the shippes of marchants: shee bringeth her foode from afarre.

    15And she riseth, whiles it is yet night: and giueth the portion to her houshold, and the ordinarie to her maides.

    16She considereth a field, and getteth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde.

    17She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.

    18She feeleth that her marchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night.

    19She putteth her handes to the wherue, and her handes handle the spindle.

  • Prov 6:5-7
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    5Deliuer thy selfe as a doe from the hande of the hunter, and as a birde from the hande of the fouler.

    6Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise.

    7For shee hauing no guide, gouernour, nor ruler,

  • 5He that gathereth in sommer, is the sonne of wisdome: but he that sleepeth in haruest, is the sonne of confusion.

  • 25The pismires a people not strong, yet prepare they their meate in sommer:

  • 27She ouerseeth the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of ydlenes.

  • Job 24:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5Behold, others as wilde asses in the wildernesse, goe forth to their businesse, and rise early for a praye: the wildernesse giueth him and his children foode.

    6They reape his prouision in the fielde, but they gather the late vintage of the wicked.

  • 4The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shal he beg in sommer, but haue nothing.

  • 28For the earth bringeth foorth fruite of it selfe, first the blade, then the eares, after that full corne in the eares.

  • Ps 104:27-28
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    27All these waite vpon thee, that thou maiest giue them foode in due season.

    28Thou giuest it to them, and they gather it: thou openest thine hand, and they are filled with good things.

  • 7Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:

  • 26Behold the foules of the heauen: for they sowe not, neither reape, nor carie into the barnes: yet your heauenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they?

  • 31Giue her of the fruite of her hands, and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

  • 26The person that traueileth, traueileth for himselfe: for his mouth craueth it of him.

  • 5And your threshing shall reache vnto the vintage, and the vintage shall reache vnto sowing time, and you shall eate your bread in plenteousnesse, and dwell in your land safely.

  • 6In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shalbe a like good.

  • 20And if ye shall say, What shall we eate the seuenth yeere, for we shall not sowe, nor gather in our increase?

  • 7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

  • 15Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.

  • 26For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.

  • 27The deceitfull man rosteth not, that hee tooke in hunting: but the riches of the diligent man are precious.

  • 3Sixe yeeres thou shalt sowe thy field, and sixe yeeres thou shalt cut thy vineyarde, and gather the fruite thereof.

  • 6The husbandman must labour before he receiue the fruites.

  • 37And sowe the fieldes, and plant vineyardes, which bring foorth fruitfull increase.

  • 15The eyes of all waite vpon thee, and thou giuest them their meate in due season.

  • 16The feast also of the haruest of the first fruites of thy labours, which thou hast sowen in the fielde: and the feast of gathering fruites in the ende of the yere, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the fielde.

  • 41(39:3) Who prepareth for the rauen his meate, when his birdes crie vnto God, wandering for lacke of meate?

  • 27Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.

  • 10Moreouer, sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the fruites thereof,

  • 5The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.

  • 14(39:17) Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote in the dust,

  • 9Which giueth to beasts their foode, and to the yong rauens that crie.

  • 21Six dayes shalt thou worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest: both in earing time, and in the haruest thou shalt rest.

  • 12(39:15) Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it vnto thy barne?

  • 23Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion.

  • 23Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.

  • 23Then shall hee giue raine vnto thy seede, when thou shalt sowe the ground, and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shalbe fat and as oyle: in that day shall thy cattell be fed in large pastures.

  • 9Let vs not therefore be weary of well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not.

  • 24Consider the rauens: for they neither sowe nor reape: which neither haue storehouse nor barne, & yet God feedeth them: how much more are yee better then foules?