Proverbs 26:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 22:13 : 13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 22:13
93%
13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
Prov 26:14-16
3 verses
83%
14[ As] the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
Prov 15:19
79%
19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
Prov 12:27
76%
27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men [is to] the diligent.
Prov 24:30
75%
30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Prov 21:25
74%
25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
Prov 26:12
74%
12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Prov 19:15
74%
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Prov 10:26
73%
26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
Prov 30:30
73%
30The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;
Prov 19:24
73%
24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Prov 6:9-10
2 verses
73%
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
Prov 6:6
72%
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
Prov 13:4
72%
4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Prov 18:9
72%
9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
Nah 2:11-12
2 verses
71%
11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.
1 Kgs 13:24-26
3 verses
71%
24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his body was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.
25And, behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
26And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah: therefore Jehovah hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake unto him.
Prov 28:1
71%
1The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Prov 28:15
70%
15[ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Ps 17:12
70%
12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
1 Kgs 20:36
70%
36Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
Eccl 10:18
70%
18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
Job 28:8
70%
8The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
Amos 5:19
70%
19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Prov 20:4
70%
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Prov 27:12
70%
12A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.
Ps 10:9
69%
9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
Job 4:11
69%
11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
Prov 20:2
69%
2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.
Prov 12:24
69%
24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
Prov 24:33
69%
33[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
Prov 17:12
69%
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Amos 3:4
69%
4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
Lam 3:10
69%
10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
Eccl 10:15
68%
15The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Prov 22:3
68%
3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Prov 26:9
68%
9[ As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Prov 26:7
67%
7The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
1 Kgs 13:28
67%
28And he went and found his body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the ass.
Hos 13:7
67%
7Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;
Prov 14:16
67%
16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
Job 12:5
67%
5In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
Prov 22:5
67%
5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
Jer 5:6
67%
6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.