11 (A)So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.

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(A)The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing;
But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

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34 (A)So shall your poverty come like [a]a prowler,
And your need like [b]an armed man.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:34 Lit. one who walks about
  2. Proverbs 24:34 Lit. a man with a shield

(A)The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
(B)He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

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(A)He who has a slack hand becomes poor,
But (B)the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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