Proverbs 6:11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹¹ And your poverty shall come like a prowler, And your need as an armed man.

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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

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 19:15

Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, And an idle being suffers hunger.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; Open your eyes, be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy one does not plough after the autumn; At harvest time he inquires – there is none!

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton become poor, And slumber puts rags on a man.

Proverbs 24:33

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

Proverbs 24:34

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

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.