Proverbs 26:13

The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) saith, There is a lion in the derech; 1 an ari is in the rechovot. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

In Context

12Seest thou an ish chacham in his own eyes? 1 There is more tikvah (hope) for a kesil (fool) than for him. 1

14As the delet (door) turneth upon its hinges, 1 so doth the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) upon his mittah (bed). 1

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Cross References

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

Matthew 25:25And having been afraid and having gone away, I hid your talent by burying it in the ground. Here, see, you have that which belongs to you.

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 →

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