Proverbs 22:13

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”

Numbers 13:32-33

So they gave a negative report to the Israelites about the land they had scouted: “The land we passed through to explore is one that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great size.

Proverbs 15:19

A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”

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
A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 26:13
The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”
Numbers 13:32
So they gave a negative report to the Israelites about the land they had scouted: “The land we passed through to explore is one that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great size.

General references

Proverbs 21:25
A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 26:13
The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”
Ecclesiastes 11:4
One who watches the wind will not sow,
and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.

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