Proverbs 6:11
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
So shall thy pouertie come as one that trauaileth, and thy want as an armed man.
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Proverbs 6:11
An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The condition of being poor, destitute, or lacking necessary provision.
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travelleth
Journeys or goes from place to place.
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Absence, lack, need, poverty, or insufficiency of what is required; to lack, be without, need, or come short of it.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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6:6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
6:6¶ Goe to the Ant, thou sluggard, consider her wayes, and be wise.
6:7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
6:7Which hauing no guide, ouerseer, or ruler,
6:8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
6:8Prouideth her meat in the Summer, and gathereth her food in the haruest.
6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
6:9*How long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?
6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
6:10 Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleepe.
6:11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
6:11So shall thy pouertie come as one that trauaileth, and thy want as an armed man.
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