11 and poverty(A) will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.

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11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(B)

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15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great wealth with turmoil.(A)

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16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

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Better a little with righteousness
    than much gain(A) with injustice.(B)

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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

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Better one handful with tranquillity
    than two handfuls with toil(A)
    and chasing after the wind.

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Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;(A)
    stay awake and you will have food to spare.

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13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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