Proverbs 6:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.”
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BSBPD
“it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 6:8 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
- Proverbs 27:27You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
- Proverbs 30:25The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
- 1 Timothy 6:19treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
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