⁵ He who gathers in summer is a wise son, But he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

⁸ Provides her bread in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.

² A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, And shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

²⁶ He who robs his father and drives away his mother, Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

⁴ A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, But a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

²⁵ The ants are not a strong people, Yet they provide their food in the summer;

⁶ Seek you Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:

⁷ let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.