Proverbs 22:13

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.

Proverbs 22:12

The eyes of LORD preserve knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the treacherous man.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?