6:11 and your poverty will come like a robber,
and your need like an armed man.
14:23 In all hard work there is profit,
but merely talking about it only brings poverty.
24:34 and your poverty will come like a bandit,
and your need like an armed robber.”
28:22 The stingy person hastens after riches
and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
31:7 let them drink and forget their poverty,
and remember their misery no more.
11:24 One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy,
but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.
13:18 The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame,
but the one who accepts reproof is honored.
21:5 The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty,
but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
10:15 The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city,
but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
22:16 The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain
and the one who gives to the rich – both end up only in poverty.
28:19 The one who works his land will be satisfied with food,
but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.
30:8 Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
do not give me poverty or riches,
feed me with my allotted portion of bread,