Proverbs 22:13
The slothful saith, There is a lion without, in the midst of the streets shall I be murdered.
Leeser Tanakh
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 guard knowledge, and he overturneth the words of the treacherous.
Cross References
Numbers 13:32And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have passed to spy it out, is a land that consumeth its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth [man] into a deep sleep; and an indolent soul will suffer hunger.
Song of Solomon 5:3I have put off my coat: 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 →