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10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands for rest—
11 like a robber[a] shall your poverty come,
    and what you lack like an armed man.

Against Worthlessness

12 A worthless man, an evil man,
    goes around with deceitful speech.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:11 Literally “one who walks,” that is, a vagabond
  2. Proverbs 6:12 Literally “crookedness of mouth”