Proverbs 24:34

And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

In Context

33Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:4The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.

Proverbs 18:9He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:31-34

The Vineyard of the Slothful. 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. Here is, 1. The… Read the whole commentary →

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