Proverbs 26:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way! A lion is in the streets! [Prov. 22:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

Common English Bible

¹³ A lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the path! A lion in the plazas!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ The lazy one says, "There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.

Proverbs 26:13 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 22:13

The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways and be wise.

Matthew 25:25

so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’