Proverbs 22:13
The slothful has said, “A lion [is] outside, || I am slain in the midst of the broad places.”
Literal Standard Version
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 YHWH have kept knowledge, || And He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
14The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit, || The abhorred of YHWH falls there.
Cross References
Numbers 13:32and they bring out an evil account of the land which they have spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, “The land into which we passed over to spy it out is a land eating up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in its midst [are] men of stature;
Proverbs 19:15Sloth causes deep sleep to fall, || And an indolent soul hungers.
Song of Solomon 5:3I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do 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 →