Proverbs 26:13
The slouthfull saith, there is a lion in the way, and a lion in the middest of the streates.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
In Context
12If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.
Matthew 25:25And [therfore] was I afrayde, & went and hid thy talent in the earth: loe, there thou hast that thyne is.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:13
12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. Here is, 1. A spiritual disease supposed, and that is self-conceit: Seest thou a man? Yes, we see many a one, wise in his own conceit, who has some little sense, but is proud of it, thinks it much more than it is, more than any of his neighbours, have, and enough, so that he needs no more, has such a conceit of his own abilities as makes him opinionative, dogmatical, and censorious; and all the use he makes of his knowledge is… Read the whole commentary →