Proverbs 22:13

The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) saith, There is an ari (lion) outside; 1 I shall be murdered in the streets. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 eynayim of Hashem preserve da'as, 1 and He overthroweth the devarim of the boged (unfaithful, treacherous, traitor). 1

14The peh (mouth) of zarot (strange women) is a deep pit; 1 he that is under the wrath of Hashem shall fall therein. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 13:32And they spread an evil report of HaAretz which they had explored unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, HaAretz, through which we have gone to explore it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

Proverbs 19:15Atzlah (slothfulness, laziness) casteth into a tardemah (deep sleep), 1 and a nefesh remiyyah (a deceitfully lazy soul) shall suffer hunger. 1

Song of Solomon 5:3I have put off my kuttonet (kesones, chiton, robe); 1 how shall I put it on? 1 I have washed my feet; 1 how shall I defile them? 1

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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