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Proverbs 6:11

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.