Proverbs 24:34

34 and poverty will come on you like a prowler, deprivation like a man with a shield.

Proverbs 24:34 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 24:34

So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth
Swiftly and suddenly, both in a temporal and spiritual sense; (See Gill on Proverbs 6:11); and thy want as an armed man;
irresistibly. Here ends according to some the "second", according to others the "third" part of this book of Proverbs, another beginning with the following chapter.

Proverbs 24:34 In-Context

32 I observed this and took it to heart; I saw it and learned a lesson.

33 "A little sleep, a little slumber, a little lying down with folded arms"—

34 and poverty will come on you like a prowler, deprivation like a man with a shield.