Proverbs 30:25 (WEB)
The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
Fathers and councils · 4
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.87Book IV
“…yet go they forth in order at one command; and the spotted lizard, though leaning upon its hands, and being easily captured, dwelleth in kings’ fortresses.”” — editor's note: Cf. Prov. xxx. 24–28.
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Hippolytus of Rome
- Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §13On Proverbs
““There be four things which are least upon the earth, and these are wiser than the wise: The ants have no strength, yet they prepare their meat in the summer.”” — editor's note: Ch. xxx. 24–28.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Be therefore prudent, copy the ant, as saith the Scripture: “Store in summer, lest thou hunger in winter;” the winter is the last day, the day of tribulation; the winter is the day of offences and of bitterness: gather…” — editor's note: Prov. vi. 8, xxx. 25.
Read the whole comment“He hath not imitated the ant, he hath not gathered to himself grains, while it was summer.” — editor's note: Prov. vi. 6, xxx. 25.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.87.