Proverbs 26:13

New International Reader's Version

A person who doesn’t want to work says, “There’s a lion in the road! There’s an angry lion wandering in the streets!”

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The way of people who don’t want to work is blocked with thorns. But the path of honest people is a wide road.

Anyone who doesn’t want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.

People who don’t want to work say, “There’s a lion outside!” Or they say, “I’ll be murdered if I go out into the streets!”

You people who don’t want to work, think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!

So I was afraid. I went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’