He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 6:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man. More versionsKing 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 will your poverty come like a robber or one who travels [with slowly but surely approaching steps] and your want like an armed man [making you helpless]. [Prov. 10:4; 13:4; 20:4.] 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, destitution like a warrior. Catholic Public Domain Version and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee. |
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: And drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: