He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

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He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,
    but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.(A)

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He who gathers in (A)summer is a wise son;
He who sleeps in harvest is (B)a son who causes shame.

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A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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A wife of noble character(A) is her husband’s crown,
    but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.(B)

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(A)An[a] excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who causes shame is (B)like rottenness in his bones.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:4 Lit. A wife of valor