Proverbs 22:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed 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 lazy is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 22:12

The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I had put off my garment; how could I put it on again? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?