Proverbs 6:11

King James Version 1611 (Original)

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 24:34 : 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    95%

    33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 6:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

    10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

  • Prov 22:16
    77%

    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 10:15
    76%

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 19:15
    74%

    15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 20:13
    73%

    13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Job 15:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

    24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

  • Prov 28:22
    73%

    22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Job 5:5
    73%

    5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

  • Prov 13:7
    72%

    7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

  • Hag 1:6
    72%

    6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

  • Prov 10:4
    72%

    4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 5:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

    11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

  • Prov 28:19
    72%

    19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  • Mic 6:14
    72%

    14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

  • Eccl 5:12-15
    4 verses
    72%

    12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

    13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

    14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

    15As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

  • Prov 28:3
    71%

    3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • Prov 23:21
    71%

    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

  • Job 18:12
    71%

    12His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

  • Prov 13:23
    71%

    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

  • Job 20:22
    71%

    22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

  • Jas 5:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

    2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

  • Prov 6:12
    71%

    12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

  • Job 15:21
    71%

    21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • Job 24:14
    71%

    14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

  • Hab 2:7
    71%

    7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

  • Jer 6:25
    71%

    25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

  • Deut 28:29
    70%

    29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

  • Ps 37:14
    70%

    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

  • Prov 6:15
    70%

    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

  • Prov 1:27
    70%

    27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

  • Job 5:16
    70%

    16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

  • Ezek 4:17
    70%

    17That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    70%

    9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Amos 5:11
    70%

    11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

  • Isa 47:11
    70%

    11Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

  • Prov 28:27
    70%

    27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  • Eccl 10:18
    70%

    18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

  • Job 22:10
    70%

    10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

  • Amos 8:4
    70%

    4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

  • Isa 17:14
    70%

    14And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.