Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard makes excuses, and says, There is a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

In Context

12But the eyes of the Lord preserve discretion; but the transgressor despises wise words.

14The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. Evil ways are before a man, and he does not like to turn away from them; but it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:32But the men that went up together with him said, We + 13:32 Gr. do not. will not go up, for we shall not by any means be able to go up against the nation, for it is much stronger than we.

Proverbs 19:15+ 19:15 Or, keeps down. Cowardice possesses the effeminate man; and the soul of the sluggard shall 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 →

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