Proverbs 6:11
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
World Messianic Bible
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, a little folding of the hands to sleep—
12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 24:33a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
Ecclesiastes 4:5The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
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 →