Proverbs 22:13

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 22:13

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Proverbs 22

¹¹ He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

¹² The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

¹³ The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

¹⁴ The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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