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10:5Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
He that gathers in summer is counted a wise son among the wise sayings written chiefly by Solomon as part of a collection of three thousand spoken by him. The saying is practical instruction for the common experiences of everyday life, including business precepts that prove helpful when put into practice, and it covers moral and religious duty to family, neighbors, and friends, and faithful service to God. It places industry vividly before readers along with modesty, chastity, temperance, forbearance, and gentleness, and it sets forth Jehovah as creator and governor of the universe and disposer of human destinies who rewards piety and punishes evil.
To gather in summer is wise, while to sleep through harvest is to be a son that causes shame, for diligence means acting when work must be done. To neglect the right time to labor leads to want and disgrace, and to shame and future hardship. The wise use the season of opportunity to prepare for what lies ahead, and the lesson concerns not only gathering worldly gain but acting on present opportunities to protect important work and prevent later difficulty. To avoid the path of duty through fear, timidity, or false modesty is like sleeping when the harvest is ready, which is idleness at a time when work is needed.
The harvest figures gathering people for God through the word, so the saying warns workers not to shrink from their task nor to think they labor alone. The harvest is urgent and will soon end, and while the slothful sleep angels gather the ripe sheaves. The saying applies to the spiritual harvest of gathering souls through the Word, requiring work rather than idleness because the harvest is great, laborers are few, and the time to reap is short. That work presses with urgency before the coming night and the harvest of judgment.
He that gathers in summer is counted a wise son among the wise sayings written chiefly by Solomon as part of a collection of three thousand spoken by him. The saying is practical instruction for the common experiences of everyday life, including business precepts that prove helpful when put into practice, and it covers moral and religious duty to family, neighbors, and friends, and faithful service to God. It places industry vividly before readers along with modesty, chastity, temperance, forbearance, and gentleness, and it sets forth Jehovah as creator and governor of the universe and disposer of human destinies who rewards piety and punishes evil.
To gather in summer is wise, while to sleep through harvest is to be a son that causes shame, for diligence means acting when work must be done. To neglect the right time to labor leads to want and disgrace, and to shame and future hardship. The wise use the season of opportunity to prepare for what lies ahead, and the lesson concerns not only gathering worldly gain but acting on present opportunities to protect important work and prevent later difficulty. To avoid the path of duty through fear, timidity, or false modesty is like sleeping when the harvest is ready, which is idleness at a time when work is needed.
The harvest figures gathering people for God through the word, so the saying warns workers not to shrink from their task nor to think they labor alone. The harvest is urgent and will soon end, and while the slothful sleep angels gather the ripe sheaves. The saying applies to the spiritual harvest of gathering souls through the Word, requiring work rather than idleness because the harvest is great, laborers are few, and the time to reap is short. That work presses with urgency before the coming night and the harvest of judgment.