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Proverbs 6:11

and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you
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King James Version

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

English Standard Version

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

New International Version

and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.