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Proverbs 22:13
Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
Proverbs 22:13 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 22:13 in other translations
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
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In context
10 Drive away the scoffer, that strife may depart, and quarrel, and contempt may cease.
11 Yahweh loveth the pure in heart, gracious are his lips, his friend is the king!
12 The eyes of Yahweh, watch over knowledge, therefore hath he overturned the words of the treacherous.
13 Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
14 A deep chasm, is the mouth of strange women, he with whom Yahweh is indignant, falleth there.
15 Foolishness, is bound up in the heart of a youth, the rod of correction, shall drive it far from him.
16 He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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