Proverbs 26:13

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The lazy person says, 'There is a lion in the road, a lion in the streets!'

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The lazy person says, 'There's a lion outside! I might be killed in the streets!'
  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is smooth.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

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  • Prov 22:13
    93%

    13The lazy person says, 'There's a lion outside! I might be killed in the streets!'

  • Prov 26:14-16
    3 verses
    83%

    14As a door turns on its hinges, so a lazy person turns on their bed.

    15The lazy person buries their hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to their mouth.

    16The lazy person is wiser in their own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.

  • Prov 15:19
    79%

    19The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is smooth.

  • Prov 12:27
    76%

    27The lazy do not roast their game, but diligent people prize their possessions.

  • Prov 24:30
    75%

    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense.

  • Prov 21:25
    74%

    25The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work.

  • Prov 26:12
    74%

    12Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

  • Prov 19:15
    74%

    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

  • Prov 10:26
    73%

    26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.

  • Prov 30:30
    73%

    30A lion, mighty among beasts, who does not retreat before any;

  • Prov 19:24
    73%

    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish but will not even bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 6:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

  • Prov 6:6
    72%

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise.

  • Prov 13:4
    72%

    4The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

  • Prov 18:9
    72%

    9A lazy person in his work is a brother to a destroyer.

  • Nah 2:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, and all faces turn pale.

    12Where is the lion’s den, the lair of the young lions, where the lion went, the lioness went, and the lion’s cubs, with no one to disturb them?

  • 1 Kgs 13:24-26
    3 verses
    71%

    24As he was traveling, a lion met him on the road and killed him. His body was thrown on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

    25Some people who passed by saw the body lying on the road, with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.

    26When the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard about it, he said, 'It is the man of God who defied the command of the LORD. Therefore, the LORD has given him over to the lion, which has mauled and killed him, just as the word of the LORD had spoken to him.'

  • Prov 28:1
    71%

    1The wicked flee when no one pursues them, but the righteous are as confident as a young lion.

  • Prov 28:15
    70%

    15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

  • Ps 17:12
    70%

    12They are like a lion eager to tear its prey, like a young lion crouching in hiding.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36
    70%

    36Then the prophet said to him, 'Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you.' And as soon as he left him, a lion found him and killed him.

  • Eccl 10:18
    70%

    18Because of laziness, the roof sinks, and through idle hands, the house leaks.

  • Job 28:8
    70%

    8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, nor has the lion prowled over it.

  • Amos 5:19
    70%

    19It will be as if a man flees from a lion, only to be met by a bear; or as if he enters his house, rests his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him.

  • Prov 20:4
    70%

    4The sluggard does not plow in the winter; at harvest time he looks for something, but finds nothing.

  • Prov 27:12
    70%

    12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

  • Ps 10:9
    69%

    9He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the afflicted; he catches the afflicted by drawing them into his net.

  • Job 4:11
    69%

    11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

  • Prov 20:2
    69%

    2The roar of a king is like the growl of a young lion; whoever provokes him to anger risks his life.

  • Prov 12:24
    69%

    24The diligent hand will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

  • Prov 24:33
    69%

    33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

  • Prov 17:12
    69%

    12Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

  • Amos 3:4
    69%

    4Does a lion roar in the forest if it has no prey? Does a young lion growl from its den unless it has caught something?

  • Lam 3:10
    69%

    10He is like a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding.

  • Eccl 10:15
    68%

    15The work of fools wearies them because they do not even know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 22:3
    68%

    3The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

  • Prov 26:9
    68%

    9Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 26:7
    67%

    7Like the legs of a lame person that hang limp, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

  • 1 Kgs 13:28
    67%

    28He went and found the man's body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body nor attacked the donkey.

  • Hos 13:7
    67%

    7So I will become like a lion to them, like a leopard lying in wait by the path.

  • Prov 14:16
    67%

    16The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.

  • Job 12:5
    67%

    5"Those who are at ease hold contempt for misfortune, as if it were prepared for the feet of those slipping."

  • Prov 22:5
    67%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the crooked; whoever guards their soul will stay far from them.

  • Jer 5:6
    67%

    6Therefore, a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the wilderness will ravage them, and a leopard is watching their cities. Anyone who goes out will be torn apart, because their transgressions are many and their backslidings are numerous.