Proverbs 27:25

When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,

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KJV

The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

ASV

The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

YLT

Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

DBT

The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

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The meadows are open, etc. The pastures of the heavenly sacraments, which were long closed by legal types, are now open. The novelty of evangelical truth and grace has appeared; the writings of the old fathers are gathered into the pasture of the Lord's flock; …

Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735patristic

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The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

The hay appeareth - Take care that this be timeously mown, carefully dried and safely ricked or housed. And when the tender grass and the proper herbs appear in the mountains in the spring, then send forth the lambs, the young of the flock, that they may get suitable pasturage, without too much impoverishing the home fields; for by the sale of the lambs and goats, the price of the field is paid - all the landlords demands are discharged.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

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Proverbs 10:5
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Psalms 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

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About this book

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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Psalms 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
leads to
- Psalms 136:25
  He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalms 147:8–9
  who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
- Psalms 145:15–16
  The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- Job 28:5
  Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
- 1 Corinthians 3:7
  So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
Through
Proverbs 10:5
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
leads to
- Proverbs 6:8
  it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
- Proverbs 30:25
  The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
- Proverbs 17:2
  A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

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