Proverbs 24:34 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³⁴ For it is better that it should be said to thee: Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be humbled before the prince.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; And thy want as an armed man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Common English Bible

³⁴ and poverty will come on you like a prowler, deprivation like a man with a shield.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man."

Proverbs 24:34 Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

1 The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.

Proverbs 13:4

1 Substance got in haste shall be diminished: but that which by little and little is gathered with the hand shall increase.

Proverbs 18:9

6 A man's gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.

Proverbs 24:33

Appear not glorious before the king, and stand not in the place of great men.

Proverbs 25:1

The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest after- ward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend.

Proverbs 28:19

6 He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he shall be saved.

Proverbs 6:10

7 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:11

8 A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,