Proverbs 22:13
The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
In Context
12The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.
14The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.
Cross References
Numbers 13:32And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.
Proverbs 19:15Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
Song of Solomon 5:3I have put off my coat; how may I put it on? My feet are washed; how may I make them unclean?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:13
12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. Here is, 1. The special care God takes to preserve knowledge, that is, to keep up religion in the world by keeping up among men the knowledge of himself and of good and evil, notwithstanding the corruption of mankind, and the artifices of Satan to blind men's minds and keep them in ignorance. It is a wonderful instance of the power and goodness of the eyes of the Lord, that is, his watchful providence. He preserves men… Read the whole commentary →