10 (A)Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, [a]a little folding of the hands to sleep.

11 Therefore thy poverty cometh as one that [b]traveleth by the way, and thy necessity like [c]an armed man.

12 The unthrifty man [d]and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:10 He expresseth lively the nature of the sluggards, which though they sleep never so long, yet have never enough, but ever seek occasions thereunto.
  2. Proverbs 6:11 That is, suddenly, and when thou lookest not for it.
  3. Proverbs 6:11 It shall come in such sort, as thou are not able to resist it.
  4. Proverbs 6:12 He showeth to what inconvenience the idle persons and sluggards come, by calling them unthrifty, or the men of Belial, and slanderous.

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