The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
Proverbs 22:13 - Revised Standard Version CI The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!” Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets! American Standard Version (1901) The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets. Common English Bible A lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the street! I’ll be killed in the town square!” Catholic Public Domain Version The lazy one says: "There is a lion outside. I might be slain in the midst of the streets." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets. |
The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless.
I had put off my garment, how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet, how could I soil them?