Proverbs 26:13
A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, and there are murderers in the streets.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
In Context
12I have seen a man who seemed + 26:12 Gr. by.to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.
14As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15+ 19:15 Or, keeps down.Cowardice possesses the effeminate man; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.
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 →