Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.
14The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.
Cross References
Numbers 13:32But the others, that had been with him, said: No, we are not able to go up to this people, because they are stronger than we.
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Song of Solomon 5:3I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
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 →