Daily Wisdom: Proverbs 6:10-11

Tuesday, August 2, 2005

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.
— Proverbs 6:10-11

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"How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!"
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"What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things."
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Illustration of Proverbs 6:10-11 — A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.

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