Proverbs 26:13 - Revised Standard Version CI

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

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