Proverbs 24:34

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal.

Proverbs 24:33

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

Proverbs 25:1

These are other proverbs of Solomon that the officials of King Hezekiah of Judah copied.

Proverbs 28:19

Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread, but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Proverbs 6:10

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

Proverbs 6:11

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.