A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 6:11 - New Revised Standard Version and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, And thy want as an armed man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So will your poverty come like a robber or one who travels [with slowly but surely approaching steps] and your want like an armed man [making you helpless]. [Prov. 10:4; 13:4; 20:4.] American Standard Version (1901) So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man. Common English Bible and poverty will come on you like a prowler, destitution like a warrior. Catholic Public Domain Version and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee. |
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.