Proverbs 24:34

A Conservative Version

so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

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He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

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

He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.