Proverbs 22:13
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
In Context
12The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
Cross References
Numbers 13:32So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Song of Solomon 5:3I have taken off my robe— must I put it back on? I have washed my feet— must I soil them again?
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 →