Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
*The slothfull man sayth, There is a lyon without, I shall be slaine in the streetes.
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- *Cross-referenceChap. 26.13.
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- Proverbs 26:13–16Rank 1 from verse 13
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
15The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
13*The slothfull man sayth, There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets.
14 As the doore turneth vpon his hinges: so doeth the slothfull vpon his bedde.
15*‖The slothfull hideth his hand in his bosome, it grieueth him to bring it againe to his mouth.
16The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceit, then seuen men that can render a reason.
- Numbers 13:32–33Rank 2 from verse 13
32And 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.
33And 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.
32And they brought vp an euill report of the land which they had searched, vnto the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we haue gone, to search it, is a land that eateth vp the inhabitants thereof, and all the people that we saw in it, are †men of a great stature.
33And there we saw the giants, the sonnes of Anak, which come of the giants: and wee were in our owne sight as grashoppers, and so wee were in their sight.
- Proverbs 15:19Rank 3 from verse 13
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Proverbs 22:13
Lazy, idle, sluggish, negligent, or slow and unwilling to act or labour.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Sense 1: A large, powerful wild cat. Sense 2: Figuratively, one fierce or strong.
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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Killed, put to death, struck down, or slaughtered.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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12The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
12‖The eyes of the LORD preserue knowledge, and he ouerthroweth the words of the transgressour.
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
13*The slothfull man sayth, There is a lyon without, I shall be slaine in the streetes.
Selected passage14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
14*The mouth of strange women is a deepe pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.