Proverbs 6:11

New King James Version

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

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The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

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

The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

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

The fool folds his hands And consumes his own flesh.