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11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

Proverbs 6:11

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 6-11)

Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves his ease, lives in idleness, minds no business, sticks to nothing, brings nothing to pass, and in a particular manner is careless in the business of religion. Slothfulness is as sure a way to poverty, though not so short a way, as rash suretiship. He speaks here to the sluggard, I. By way of instruction, Ps. 6:6-8. He sends him ...

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