KJV King James Version
The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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Proverbs 22:13
The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
WEB World English Bible
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
ASV American Standard Version
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The slothful hath said, ‘A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.’
Surrounding context — Proverbs 22
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
14 The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
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Proverbs 26:13-16The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.Numbers 13:32-33And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature.Proverbs 15:19The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.
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