Proverbs 24:34 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁴ And your poverty shall come, a prowler, And your need like an armed man.

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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

Poor is he who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The being of the lazy one craves, but has not; While the being of the hard workers are enriched.

Proverbs 18:9

Also, he who is slack in his work Is a brother of a master destroyer.

Proverbs 24:33

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

Proverbs 25:1

These too are proverbs of Shelomoh which the men of Ḥ

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land is satisfied with bread, But he who pursues vanities is filled with poverty.

Proverbs 6:10

A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to lie down;

Proverbs 6:11

And your poverty shall come like a prowler, And your need as an armed man.