Proverbs 6:11
and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
In context
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. 9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? 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 on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
12 A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth, 13 who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers, 14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 6:11 in the KJV
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, And thy want as an armed man.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 6:11 in the ESV
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.