Proverbs 6:9-11

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹How long will you lie there, O sluggard?
    When will you arise from your sleep?
¹⁰A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest,
¹¹and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond,
    and want like an armed man.

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