Proverbs 24:34 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

American Standard Version (1901)

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Common English Bible

and poverty will come on you like a prowler, deprivation like a man with a shield.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 24:34 Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal.

Proverbs 24:33

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Proverbs 25:1

These are other proverbs of Solomon that the officials of King Hezekiah of Judah copied.

Proverbs 28:19

Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread, but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Proverbs 6:10

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Proverbs 6:11

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.