Holy Scripture
Proverbs 6:11
A church father on this verse
“"And poverty will come upon you like an evil traveler, and want like a good runner." Nothing is worse than poverty. It comes immediately to the idle and even overtakes strong runners in its speed. Poverty is just like need: poverty is lack of knowledge; need is lack of virtue. Can you see the absolute excellence of wo…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
11Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveler, And want as a swift courier: a But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall arrive as a fountain, And poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.
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In context
9How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? And when wilt thou awake out of sleep?
10Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short time, And thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little.
— Proverbs 6:11 —
12A foolish man and a transgressor Goes in ways that are not good.
13And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, And teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.