Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"

Numbers 13:32-33

So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, "The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Bible References

The slothful

Proverbs 15:19
The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
Numbers 13:32
So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, "The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height.

General references

Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

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