8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:8
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Proverbs 30:24–26
24 Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise: 25 The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; 26 the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
Job 39:13–15
13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork. 14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. 15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
Job 24:5–7
5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children. 6 They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked. 7 Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering…
Proverbs 10:4–6
4 Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. 5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son. 6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Job 39:28–30
28 He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag. 29 From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. 30 His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
Psalms 129:6–8
6 May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, 7 unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves. 8 May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”
Psalms 78:45–47
45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. 46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust. 47 He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
Proverbs 27:24–26
24 for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation. 25 When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered, 26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
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