Proverbs 24:34

Tree of Life Version

then your poverty comes tramping in, and your need like an armed soldier.

See the chapter Copy

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

The slacker’s soul craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent soul will be satisfied.

One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,”

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied:

Whoever works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

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

and your poverty comes like a bandit and your need like an armed man.