Proverbs 22:13
The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the street! 1 I will be killed in the open places.” 1
Unlocked Literal 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 eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, 1 but he overthrows the words of the treacherous. 1
Cross References
Numbers 13:32So they spread around a discouraging report to the people of Israel about the land that they had examined. They said, “The land that we looked at is a land that eats up its inhabitants. All the people whom we saw there are people of great height.
Proverbs 19:15Laziness throws a person into a deep sleep, 1 but the one not willing to work will go hungry. 1
Song of Solomon 5:3“I have taken off my robe; must I put it on again? 1 I have washed my feet; must I get them dirty?” 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 →