Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 6:11

"So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man." — Proverbs 6:11 (ASV)

As one that travels—The form of the Hebrew is intensive, “one who moves swiftly,” as in Psalms 104:3, it is applied to God’s “moving upon the wings of the wind.” While the sluggard sleeps, poverty is coming on swiftly.

AS an armed man—Against whom the sleeper will be defenseless. Proverbs 6:10–11 are repeated in Proverbs 24:33-34.