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Proverbs 22:13

American Standard Version

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

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Proverbs 22:13 in other translations

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets!”

Proverbs 22:13 · World English Bible

Proverbs 22:13 in context

  1. 11He that loveth pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
  2. 12The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
  3. 13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.
  4. 14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
  5. 15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.