Proverbs 24:34

Modern King James Version

then your poverty comes stalking, and your want like a man armed with a shield.

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He who deals with a lazy hand becomes poor; but the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing; but the soul of the hard worker shall be made fat.

Also he who is slack in his work is brother to a great destroyer.

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

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

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he pursuing vanities shall have poverty enough.

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

so shall your poverty come as one who travels, and your need like an armed man.