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Proverbs 22:13

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The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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  1. Proverbs 26:13–16Rank 1 from verse 13
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    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.

  2. Numbers 13:32–33Rank 2 from verse 13
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    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.

  3. Proverbs 15:19Rank 3 from verse 13
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    19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

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Proverbs 22:13

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slothful

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Lazy, idle, sluggish, negligent, or slow and unwilling to act or labour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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lion

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Sense 1: A large, powerful wild cat. Sense 2: Figuratively, one fierce or strong.

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without

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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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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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22:12The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

22:13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

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22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.

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