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Proverbs 6:11

Proverbs 6:11 is verse 11 of Proverbs chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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

Proverbs 6:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

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

11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

13 winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 10:4
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Proverbs 13:4
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

Proverbs 20:4
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.