Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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- Proverbs 26:13–15 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
- Numbers 13:32–33 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
- Proverbs 15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.