Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Thy poverty

Proverbs 10:4
An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.
Proverbs 13:4
The sluggard would fain have, and cannot get his desire; but the soul of the diligent shall have plenty.

General references

Proverbs 6:10
Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thy hands together yet a little, that thou mayest sleep:
Proverbs 19:24
A slothful body shutteth his hand into his bosom; so that he cannot put it to his mouth.
Proverbs 21:25
The voluptuousness of the slothful is his own death, for his hands will not labour.