Verse 13

¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Referenced Verses

• Num 13:32-33 : 32 And 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. 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, [which come] of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
• Prov 15:19 : 19 ¶ The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.
• Prov 26:13-16 : 13 ¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets. 14 ¶ [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed. 15 ¶ The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 ¶ The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.