Proverbs 22:13 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹³ The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

Common English Bible

¹³ A lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the street! I’ll be killed in the town square!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ 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

¹³ The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.

Proverbs 22:13 Cross References

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 22:12

The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge; and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?