Proverbs 24:34

Bishops' Bible (1568)

So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:4 : 4 An idle hande maketh poore: but a quicke labouring hande maketh riche.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The sluggarde woulde fayne haue and can not get his desire: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.

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  • Prov 6:10-11
    2 verses
    95%

    10Yea, sleepe on still a litle, slumber a litle, folde thyne handes together yet a litle that thou mayest sleepe:

    11So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie like a weaponed man.

  • 33Yea sleepe on styll I say a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle:

  • 16Who so doth a poore man wrong, to increase his owne riches and geueth vnto the ryche, at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe.

  • 15The riche mans goodes are his strong holde: but their owne pouertie feareth the poore.

  • Job 24:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4They cause the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hyde them selues together.

    5Beholde, as wilde asses in the desert go they foorth to their worke, & ryse betimes to spoyle: Yea the very wildernesse ministreth foode for them & their children.

  • Job 15:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23He wandreth abrode for bread where it is, knowing that the day of darkenesse is redie at his hande.

    24Trouble and anguishe wil make him afrayde, and compasse him about, as is a king in the middest of an armie.

  • 13Loue not sleepe, lest thou come vnto pouertie: but open thyne eyes, that thou mayest haue bread inough.

  • 15Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.

  • 14The murtherer ryseth early and killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe?

  • 4An idle hande maketh poore: but a quicke labouring hande maketh riche.

  • 22He that wyll be riche all to soone, hath an euyll eye: and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym.

  • 21For suche as be drunkardes and riotours shall come to pouertie: and he that is geuen to muche sleepe, shall go with a ragged coate.

  • 22When he had plenteousnesse of euery thing, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery side.

  • 14For oft tymes they perishe with his great miserie and trouble: and yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothyng.

  • Job 24:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take the pledge from the poore.

    10They let hym go naked without clothing, and haue taken away the sheafe of the hungrie.

  • 23There is plenteousnesse of foode in the fieldes of the poore: but the fielde not well ordered, is without fruite.

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    43Of this yet be sure, that yf the good man of the house, knewe what watche the thiefe woulde come, he woulde surely watche, and not suffer his house to be broken vp.

    44Therfore, be ye also redy: for in such an houre as ye thynke not, the sonne of man commeth.

  • 19He that tylleth his lande shall haue plenteousnes of bread: but he that foloweth idle persons, shall haue pouertie inough.

  • 21A feareful sounde is euer in his eares, and when he is in peace, the destroyer shall come vpon him.

  • 12Hunger shalbe his strength, and destruction shalbe redye at his side.

  • 14At euen beholde there is trouble, and or euer it be mornyng lo it is gone: This is the portion of them that oppresse vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs.

  • 3One poore man oppressing another by violence, is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite.

  • 35For as a snare shall it come on al them that dwell on the face of ye whole earth.

  • 27Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you.

  • Jas 5:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Go to nowe ye riche men, weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you.

    2Your riches is corrupt, your garmentes are motheaten:

  • 10That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house.

  • 36Lest yf he come sodenly, he fynde you slepyng.

  • 12Furthermore, if it be a poore body, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge:

  • 5His haruest was eaten of the hungrie, & taken from among the thornes, and the thurstie drunke vp their labour: It is not the earth that bringeth foorth iniquitie,

  • 7Some men make them selues riche though they haue nothyng: agayne, some make them selues poore hauyng great riches.

  • 6Ye haue sowen much, but ye bryng litle in: ye eate, but ye haue not inough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye cloth you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.

  • 29Thou shalt grope at noone dayes as the blinde gropeth in darknesse, & shal not prosper in thy wayes: Thou shalt be oppressed with wrong, & be poulled euermore, & no man shall succour thee.

  • 10If thou be faynt in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small.

  • 14Thou shalt eate, and not haue inough: yea, thou shalt bring thy selfe downe in the middes of thee, thou shalt flee, but not escape, and those that thou wouldest saue, wyll I deliuer to the sworde.

  • 12A labouryng man sleepeth swetely, whether it be litle or much that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the riche wyll not suffer him to sleepe.

  • 17That they may cause a lacke of bread and water, and be astonied one at another, and be consumed in their iniquitie.

  • 4Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the poore, that ye may make the needy of the lande to fayle,

  • 5But nowe it is come vpon thee, and thou art greeued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

  • 23In euery labour there is some profite: but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie.

  • 30But the first borne of the poore shalbe fed, and the simple shall dwell in safetie: Thy roote also wyll I destroy with hunger, and it shall slay the remnaunt.

  • 25When destruction is come, they shall seeke peace, but they shall haue none.

  • 31And lo, it was all couered with nettles, and stoode full of thornes, and the stone wall was broken downe.

  • 10Therefore art thou compassed about with snares, & sodenly vexed with feare.

  • 14The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation.