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A new picture appears in Proverbs 20:4: The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, so he begs during the harvest and has nothing (v. 4). Solomon takes the student into the agricultural rhythm of ancient Israel to make a hard observation about laziness.
The autumn was the rainy season, when the ground softened enough to be worked. The sluggard skips this hard, uncomfortable, off-season labor and arrives at harvest empty-handed. Nature does not adjust its rhythms to accommodate an unwilling worker.
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing. The man who refused to work in the season for working will not be rescued by a season meant for reaping. The principle generalizes well beyond agriculture, that failing to prepare eventually leads to need later on.
Used with permission from TheBibleSays.com.
You can access the original article here:Proverbs 20:4 Meaning
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