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 the lazy is as a hedge of thorns,
But the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”
Numbers 13:32
So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size.

General references

Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;
Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.

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