Proverbs 10:5 {6}
Good News Translation
A sensible person gathers the crops when they are ready; it is a disgrace to sleep through the time of harvest.

New Revised Standard Version
A child who gathers in summer is prudent, but a child who sleeps in harvest brings shame.

Contemporary English Version
At harvest season it's smart to work hard, but stupid to sleep.

New American Bible
A son who gathers in summer is a credit; a son who slumbers during harvest, a disgrace.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.

gathereth

Proverbs 6:6,8 Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain, . . .

Proverbs 30:25 The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest:

Isaiah 55:6,7 Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near. . . .

a son

Proverbs 12:4 The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Proverbs 17:2 A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 19:26 He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy.

Context
Solomon's Proverbs: The Wise Son
4He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion. 5The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.6The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.…
Cross References
Proverbs 6:8
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Proverbs 10:4
He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.

Proverbs 10:6
The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.

Proverbs 10:4
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