then your poverty comes tramping in, and your need like an armed soldier.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; And thy want as an armed man.
So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
and poverty will come on you like a prowler, deprivation like a man with a shield.
And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man."
And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.
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.