Proverbs 6:11

World English Bible

so your poverty will come as a robber,
and your scarcity as an armed man.

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Proverbs 6:11 in other translations

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Proverbs 6:11 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 6:11 in context

  1. 9How long will you sleep, sluggard?
    When will you arise out of your sleep?
  2. 10A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to sleep:
  3. 11so your poverty will come as a robber,
    and your scarcity as an armed man.
  4. 12A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
    is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
  5. 13who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet,
    who motions with his fingers,