Proverbs 10:5

“He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son, etc.] Which is the time of gathering the fruits of the earth, and laying them up against winter, as the ant is said to do, (<200608>Proverbs 6:8); [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame; to himself, and to his parents and relations. The sum of the proverb is, that, in the time of health and youth, persons should be active and industrious in their several callings and stations, and provide against a time of sickness and old age; and that they should lose no opportunities, neither in a natural nor spiritual way, of doing or receiving good.”

“son--as Pro 1:8, Pro 1:10, and often. sleepeth--in indolence, and not for rest. causeth shame--literally, "is base" (compare Pro 14:35; Pro 17:2).”

“The son is called upon to enter upon the labors of others, and reap where they have sown. To sleep when the plenteous harvest lies ready for the sickle is the most extreme laziness. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Gathereth - The fruits of his field. In summer - In harvest. He that improved the opportunities of doing good to himself and others. Proverbs 10:6”

“gathereth: Pro 6:6, Pro 6:8, Pro 30:25; Isa 55:6, Isa 55:7 a son: Pro 12:4, Pro 17:2, Pro 19:26 Proverbs 10:6”

“There is now added a proverb which, thus standing at the beginning of the collection, and connecting itself with Pro 10:1, stamps on it the character of a book for youth: He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; But he that is sunk in sleep in the time of harvest is a son that causeth shame. Von Hofmann (Schriftb. ii. 2. 403) rightly interprets בּן משׂכּיל and בּן מבישׁ, with Cocceius and others, as the subject, and not with Hitzig as predicate, for in nominal clauses the rule is to place the predicate before the subject; and since an accurate expression of the inverted relation would both times require הוא referring to the subject, so we here abide by the usual syntax: he that gathers in…”