Proverbs 6:11

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 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.

Proverbs 23:21

for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.

Proverbs 24:33

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

Proverbs 24:34

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

Ecclesiastes 4:5

Fools fold their hands and consume their own flesh.