Proverbs 24:34
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
BSB
ASV
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
KJV
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,.... Swiftly and suddenly, both in a temporal and spiritual sense; See Gill on Pro 6:11; and thy want as an armed man; irresistibly. Here ends according to some the "second", according to others the "third" part of this book of Proverbs, another beginning with the following chapter.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
leads to
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Through
Proverbs 10:4Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
leads to
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.