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10 
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to lie down and rest”—
11 
So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely]
And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].(A)

12 
A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is one who walks with a perverse (corrupt, vulgar) mouth.

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10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest(A)
11 and poverty(B) will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.

12 A troublemaker and a villain,
    who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

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