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Proverbs 6:10-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the arms to rest—[a]
11 Then poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want like a brigand.

The Scoundrel

12 [b]Scoundrels, villains, are they
    who deal in crooked talk.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:10 This verse may be regarded as the sluggard’s reply or as a continuation of the remonstrance.
  2. 6:12–15 Proverbs uses types to make the point that certain ways of acting have inherent consequences. The typifying intensifies the picture. All the physical organs—mouth, eyes, feet, fingers—are at the service of evil. Cf. Rom 6:12–13: “Therefore, sin must not reign over your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires. And do not present the parts of your bodies to sin as weapons for wickedness, but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life and the parts of your bodies to God as weapons of righteousness.”
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