Proverbs 24:34

34 Then you would be poor, as if someone had robbed you. You would have little, as if someone had stolen from you.

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 applied my heart to what I observed. I learned a lesson from what I saw.

33 You might sleep a little or take a little nap. You might even fold your hands and rest.

34 Then you would be poor, as if someone had robbed you. You would have little, as if someone had stolen from you.