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Proverbs 24:34
So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
Proverbs 24:34 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 24:34 in other translations
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
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In context
31 And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.
33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
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