Proverbs 26:13

A slow man saith, A lion is in the way, a lioness is in the footpaths. (A lazy person saith, A lion is there on the way, a lioness is there on the footpaths!)

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Thou hast seen a man seem wise to himself; an unknowing man shall have hope more than he. (Thou hast seen a person who taketh himself to be wise; but a person without knowledge, yea, a fool, shall have more hope than him.)

14As a door is turned in his hinges; so a slow man in his bed. (Like a door turning on its hinges, is a lazy person turning in his bed.)

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:15Sloth bringeth in sleep; and a negligent soul shall have hunger.

Matthew 25:25and I dreading (or and I greatly fearing thee), went, and hid thy bezant [or thy talent] in the earth; lo! thou hast that that is thine.

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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