Proverbs 6:7 {8}
Good News Translation
They have no leader, chief, or ruler,

New Revised Standard Version
Without having any chief or officer or ruler,

Contemporary English Version
Ants don't have leaders,

New American Bible
For though she has no chief, no commander or ruler,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

hear

Proverbs 4:1 I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.

Proverbs 8:32-36 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. . . .

Proverbs 22:17-21 Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine: . . .

Hebrews 12:25 See that you refuse him not that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke upon earth, much more shall not we that turn away from him that speaketh to us from heaven.

and depart

Proverbs 3:21 And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.

Proverbs 4:21 For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.

Context
Warnings Against Foolishness
6Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain, 7Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.8How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?…
Cross References
Proverbs 30:27
The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands:

Proverbs 6:8
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Proverbs 6:6
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