Proverbs 24:34

Geneva Bible (1560)

So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:4 : 4 A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The sluggard lusteth, but his soule hath nought: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:10-11
    2 verses
    95%

    10Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe.

    11Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

  • 33Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.

  • 16Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

  • 15The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.

  • Job 24:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4They make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide themselues together.

    5Behold, others as wilde asses in the wildernesse, goe forth to their businesse, and rise early for a praye: the wildernesse giueth him and his children foode.

  • Job 15:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23He wandreth to and fro for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.

    24Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.

  • 13Loue not sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • 15Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.

  • 14The murtherer riseth earely & killeth the poore and the needie: and in the night he is as a theefe.

  • 4A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.

  • 22A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.

  • 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.

  • 22When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.

  • 14(5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

  • Job 24:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.

    10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and take the glening from the hungrie.

  • 23Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion.

  • 71%

    43Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knewe at what watch the thiefe would come, he woulde surely watch, and not suffer his house to be digged through.

    44Therefore be ye also ready: for in the houre that ye thinke not, will the Sonne of man come.

  • 19He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, shall be filled with pouertie.

  • 21A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.

  • 12His strength shalbe famine: and destruction shalbe readie at his side.

  • 14And loe, in the euening there is trouble: but afore the morning it is gone. This is the portion of them that spoyle vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs.

  • 3A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.

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

  • 27Whe your feare cometh like sudden desolation, & your destruction shall come like a whirle wind: whe affliction & anguish shal come vpo you,

  • Jas 5:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Go to nowe, ye rich men: weepe, and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you.

    2Your riches are corrupt, and your garments are moth eaten.

  • 10Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,

  • 36Least if he come suddenly, he should finde you sleeping.

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

  • 5The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.

  • 7There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.

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

  • 29Thou shalt also grope at noone daies, as the blinde gropeth in darknes, and shalt not prosper in thy wayes: thou shalt neuer but bee oppressed with wrong and be powled euermore, & no man shal succour thee.

  • 10If thou bee faint in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small.

  • 14Thou shalt eate and not be satisfied, and thy casting downe shall be in the mids of thee, and thou shalt take holde, but shalt not deliuer: and that which thou deliuerest, will I giue vp to the sworde.

  • 12(5:11) The sleepe of him that traueileth, is sweete, whether he eate litle or much: but the sacietie of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe.

  • 17Because that bread and water shall faile, they shalbe astonied one with another, and shall consume away for their iniquitie.

  • 4Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,

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

  • 23In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.

  • 30For the first borne of the poore shall be fed, and the needie shall lie downe in safetie: and I will kill thy roote with famine, and it shal slay thy remnant.

  • 25When destruction commeth, they shall seeke peace, and shall not haue it.

  • 31And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe.

  • 10Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shal suddenly trouble thee:

  • 14The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.