Proverbs 26:13
The lazy person says, “There is a lion on the road! 1 There is a lion between the open places!” 1
Unlocked Literal 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
12Do you see someone who is wise in his own eyes? 1 There is more hope for a fool than for him. 1
14As the door turns on its hinges, 1 so is the lazy person upon his bed. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Laziness throws a person into a deep sleep, 1 but the one not willing to work will go hungry. 1
Matthew 25:25I was afraid, so I went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have here what 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 →