Proverbs 26:13

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• אָמַ֣רhe says

  ʾamarH559 →5305 times

• עָ֭צֵלa sluggard

  ʾatzelH6102 →14 times

• שַׁ֣חַלa lion

  shachalH7826 →

• בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ[is] in the road

  badarekhH1870 →707 times

• אֲ֝רִ֗יa lion

  ʾariH738 →80 times

• בֵּ֣ין[is] between

  beinH996 →407 times

• הָרְחֹבֽוֹת׃the open places

  harechovotH7339 →43 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Proverbs 19:15

  Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 23:21

    For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

  • Proverbs 20:13

    Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:10

    For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”

  • Proverbs 6:9–10

    How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

  • Proverbs 24:33

    A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

• Through

  Proverbs 22:13

  The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 26:13–16

    The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”

• Through

  Proverbs 15:19

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

  it leads to

  • Isaiah 35:8

    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.

  • Proverbs 22:5

    Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.