Proverbs 24:34

Catholic Public Domain Version

And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man."

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds.

Proverbs 13:4

The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat.

Proverbs 18:9

Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.

Proverbs 24:33

You will sleep a little," I said. "You will slumber briefly. You will fold your hands a little, so as to rest.

Proverbs 25:1

These, too, are parables of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transferred.

Proverbs 28:19

Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever pursues leisure will be filled with need.

Proverbs 6:10

You will sleep a little, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to sleep,

Proverbs 6:11

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.