Proverbs 6:11 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, And thy want as an armed man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ 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)

¹¹ So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Common English Bible

¹¹ and poverty will come on you like a prowler, destitution like a warrior.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ 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.

Proverbs 6:11 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 19:15

2 A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.

Proverbs 20:13

0 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

Proverbs 20:4

1 By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.

Proverbs 23:21

8 She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.

Proverbs 24:33

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

Proverbs 24:34

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

Ecclesiastes 4:5

2 And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.