Proverbs 22:13
Lazy people remain in their houses; they say, “A lion might attack me if I go out into the street to go to work!”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 13:32So those men gave to the Israeli people a bad report about the land that they had explored. They said, “The land that we explored is very large; we cannot conquer it. And all the people whom we saw are very tall.
Proverbs 19:15Those who are lazy sleep soundly, but if they are lazy, they will be hungry because of not earning money to buy food.
Song of Solomon 5:3But I had already taken off my robe; I did not [RHQ] want to put it on again to open the door. I had already washed my feet; I did not [RHQ] want them to become dirty again.
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 →