Proverbs 6:11

so your poverty will come as a robber, 2 and your scarcity as an armed man. 1

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

10A little sleep, a little slumber, 2 a little folding of the hands to sleep: 1

12A worthless person, a man of vain striving of iniquity, 2 is he who walks with a perverse mouth; 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, 2 but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied. 1

Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; 2 therefore he shall begin harvest, and have nothing. 1

Proverbs 24:33a little sleep, a little slumber, 2 a little folding of the hands to sleep; 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:7-12

Slothfulness Reproved. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves… Read the whole commentary →

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