11 Therefore thy poverty cometh as one that [a]traveleth by the way, and thy necessity like [b]an armed man.

12 The unthrifty man [c]and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.

13 He maketh a sign with his eyes: he [d]signifieth with his feet: he [e]instructeth with his fingers.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:11 That is, suddenly, and when thou lookest not for it.
  2. Proverbs 6:11 It shall come in such sort, as thou are not able to resist it.
  3. Proverbs 6:12 He showeth to what inconvenience the idle persons and sluggards come, by calling them unthrifty, or the men of Belial, and slanderous.
  4. Proverbs 6:13 Hebrew, speaketh.
  5. Proverbs 6:13 Thus all his gesture tendeth to wickedness.

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