Proverbs 6:11

Proverbs chapter 6 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.10Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

v.11This passage

v.12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 24:34
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.