Proverbs 24:34

34 and your poverty will come running, and your lack like an armed warrior.

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 Then I myself saw and my heart considered; I looked, and I took hold of instruction:

33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest,

34 and your poverty will come running, and your lack like an armed warrior.