Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The slothful
General references
Bible References
The slothful
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
Numbers 13:32
They brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, "The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature.
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! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.