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Proverbs 24:34
and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
from Further Sayings of the Wise, Proverbs 24:23-34
What it says

Then poverty comes like a robber and want like an armed man.

What it is doing

This verse states the inevitable end of persistent laziness.

In context

23These also are sayings of the wise: 24Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— 25but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, 26An honest answer given 27Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; 28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, 29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; 30I went past the field of a slacker 31Thorns had grown up everywhere, 32I observed and took it to heart; 33A little sleep, a little slumber, 34and poverty will come upon you like a robber,