Proverbs 26:13
The slothful has said, || “A lion [is] in the way, || A lion [is] in the broad places.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
In Context
12You have seen a man wise in his own eyes, || More hope of a fool than of him!
14The door turns around on its hinge, || And the slothful on his bed.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Sloth causes deep sleep to fall, || And an indolent soul hungers.
Matthew 25:25and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid your talent in the earth; behold, you have your own!
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 →