Proverbs 22:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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?