Proverbs 10:5

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
gathereth	אֹגֵ֣ר 'o.Ger	H103	to harvest · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
summer	בַּ֭קַּיִץ Ba.ka.yitz	H7019	harvest (as the crop) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
wise	מַשְׂכִּ֑יל mas.Kil	H7919	to be (causatively · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute
son	בֵּ֣ן ben	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
sleepeth	נִרְדָּ֥ם nir.Dam	H7290	to stun · verb, niphal active participle, masculine singular absolute
harvest	בַּ֝קָּצִ֗יר ba.ka.Tzir	H7105	severed · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
son	בֵּ֣ן ben	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
shame	מֵבִֽישׁ me.Vish	H954	properly · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Proverbs 6:8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Proverbs 30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
Proverbs 17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 19:26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Proverbs 12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:5

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 reputation to himself, his family, and his education. 2. The just reproach and blame of those who trifle away these opportunities: He who sleeps, loves his ease, idles away his time, and neglects his work, especially who sleeps in harvest, when he should be laying in for winter, who lets slip the sea…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 10:5

son--as Pro 1:8, Pro 1:10, and often. sleepeth--in indolence, and not for rest. causeth shame--literally, "is base" (compare Pro 14:35; Pro 17:2).

John Gill on 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.

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 10:5

There is now added a proverb which, thus standing at the beginning of the collection, and connecting itself with Pro 10:1, stamps on it the character of a book for youth: He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; But he that is sunk in sleep in the time of harvest is a son that causeth shame. Von Hofmann (Schriftb. ii. 2. 403) rightly interprets בּן משׂכּיל and בּן מבישׁ, with Cocceius and others, as the subject, and not with Hitzig as predicate, for in nominal clauses the rule is to place the predicate before the subject; and since an accurate expression of the inverted relation would both times require הוא referring to the subject, so we here abide by the usual syntax: he that gathers in…

The Church Fathers

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, etc. He who gathers to Christ the souls of the faithful is a wise son. And indeed, this harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few (Luke 10). But he who in this acceptable time is sluggish in caring for his own salvation will be ashamed in the day of tribulation.
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Proverbs, Book of — A collection of moral and philosophical maxims of a wide range of subjects presented in a poetic form. This book sets forth the “philosophy of practical life. It is the sign to us that the Bible does…
Harvest · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Harvest, The · Slothfulness during, ruinous — Slothfulness during, ruinous
Idleness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Industry · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Slothfulness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Summer · The time for labor and harvest — The time for labor and harvest

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 10:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 10:5

John Gill on Proverbs 10:5

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 10:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 10:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 10:5

John Gill on Proverbs 10:5

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 10:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 10:4-5

Rashi on Proverbs 10:4