Proverbs 6:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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%

    33[Yet] 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?

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

  • Prov 22:16
    77%

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

  • Prov 10:15
    76%

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

  • Prov 19:15
    74%

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

  • Prov 20:13
    73%

    13¶ Love 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%

    22¶ He 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%

    7¶ There 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%

    4¶ He 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%

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

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11¶ Wealth [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%

    3¶ A 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%

    23¶ Much 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%

    1¶ Go 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%

    12¶ A 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%

    27¶ He 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%

    4¶ Hear 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.