Proverbs 24:34

34 Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, with poverty as your permanent houseguest!"

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 took a long look and pondered what I saw; the fields preached me a sermon and I listened:
33 "A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy - do you know what comes next?
34 Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, with poverty as your permanent houseguest!"
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