Proverbs 26:13
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
BSB
ASV
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
KJV
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
The sluggard says, A lion is in the way, etc. Many, when they hear words of exhortation, blame the devil, saying that they indeed wish to begin the path of righteousness, but are hindered by Satan so that they might not accomplish it; and thus, …
Compare the marginal reference note. Here there is greater dramatic vividness in the two words used: (1) A roaring one, (2) a lion, more specifically.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
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For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
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Proverbs 22:13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
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The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
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Proverbs 15:19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
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And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
