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Proverbs 6:7
7It has no commander, no overseer or ruler.
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Context of Proverbs 6:7
5Escape like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. 6Go to the ant, you slacker— consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler. 8Yet it prepares its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. 9How long will you lie there, slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
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אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵֽין־לָ֥הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר וּמֹשֵֽׁל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:7
- Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention, to gain understanding.
- Proverbs 8:32“So now, children, listen to me! Blessed are those who keep my ways.
- Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse the One who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the One who was warning them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject the One who warns us from heaven.
- Proverbs 3:21My son, hold on to sound wisdom and discernment, do not let them out of your sight.
- Proverbs 4:21Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart.
Commentaries on Proverbs 6:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The words express the wonder with which the Hebrew observer looked on the phenomena of insect life. “Guide,” better captain, as in Joshua 10:24. The Septuagint introduces here a corresponding reference to the industry of the bee.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so much that he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden to others, or a scandal to the church. The ants are more diligent than slothful men. We may learn wisdom from the meanest insects, and be shamed by them. Habits of indolence and indulgence grow upon people. Thus life runs to waste; and poverty, though at first at a distance, gradually draws near, like a traveller…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-11Lazy people sleep instead of preparing for what they need (see also Proverbs 24:33–34). They are the opposite of self-motivated and hardworking ants. Extra sleep and more slumber sarcastically describe a lazy person’s ambition.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. The improvident sluggards usually want sureties. Hence, such are advised to industry by the ant's example.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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