Proverbs 26:13

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The slouthfull saith, there is a lion in the way, and a lion in the middest of the streates.

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  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without: I might be slaine in the streate.
  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the ryghteous is playne.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.

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  • 13 The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without: I might be slaine in the streate.

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    14 Like as the doore turneth about vpon the hynges: euen so doth the slouthfull walter him selfe in his bed.

    15 The slouthfull body thrusteth his hande into his bosome, and it greeueth hym to put it agayne to his mouth.

    16 The sluggarde thinketh him selfe wiser then seuen men that sit and teache.

  • 19 The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the ryghteous is playne.

  • 27 The deciptfull man shall not coste that he toke in huntyng: but the riches of the iust man is of great value.

  • 30 I went by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man:

  • 25 The desire of the slouthfull kylleth him: for his handes wyll not labour.

  • 12 If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.

  • 15 Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.

  • 26 As vineger is to the teeth, & as smoke is vnto the eyes: euen so is a sluggishe person to them that sendeth him foorth.

  • 30 A lion whiche is strongest among beastes, and shunneth not at the syght of any:

  • 24 A slouthfull man shutteth his hande into his bosome, and wyll not take payne to put it to his mouth.

  • Prov 6:9-10
    2 verses
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    9 Howe long wylt thou sleepe thou sluggishe man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy sleepe?

    10 Yea, sleepe on still a litle, slumber a litle, folde thyne handes together yet a litle that thou mayest sleepe:

  • 6 Go to the emmet thou sluggarde, consider her wayes, and learne to be wyse:

  • 4 The sluggarde woulde fayne haue and can not get his desire: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.

  • 9 Who so is slouthfull in his labour, is the brother of hym that is a waster.

  • Nah 2:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 Where is the abiding place of lions, and the feding plot of lions whelpes become, whyther the young and olde lion had their resort? there dwelt the lion, & there was no man to put him in feare.

    12 The lion made his praye aboundauntly for his whelpes, and strangled for his she lions, and hath filled his dennes with pray, and his abyding places with spoyle.

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    24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slue him: and his carkasse was cast in the way, & the asse stoode thereby, and the lion stoode by the corse also.

    25 And men that passed by sawe the carcasse cast in the way, & the lion standing by the carcasse: and they came and tolde it in the towne where the olde prophet dwelt.

    26 And when the prophet that brought him backe againe from the way heard thereof, he sayd: It is the man of God, he was disobedient vnto the word of the Lorde, and therefore the Lord hath deliuered him vnto the lion, which hath rent him, & slaine him according to the word of the Lorde which he spake vnto him.

  • 1 The vngodly fleeth when no man pursueth him: but the righteous are bolde as a Lion.

  • 15 As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people.

  • 12 Aryse O God, preuent his commyng, make hym to bowe: delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly which is thy sworde.

  • 36 Then sayd he vnto him: Because thou hast not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde: beholde, assoone as thou art departed fro me, a lion shal slay thee. And it came to passe, that assoone as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slue him.

  • 18 Thorowe slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorowe idle handes it rayneth in at the house.

  • 8 Wherin the lions whelpes walke not, and where no lion commeth.

  • 19 As if a man dyd flee from a lion, and a beare meete him, & went into the house, and leaned his hand vnto the wal, and a serpent bite hym.

  • 4 A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter: therefore shall he begge in sommer, and haue nothing.

  • 12 A wyse man seing the plague, wyll hide hym selfe: as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme.

  • 9 He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne: he lyeth in wayte lurkyng, that he may violently carry away the afflicted, he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted, in halyng hym into his net.

  • 11 The lion perisheth for lake of pray, & the lions whelpes are scattered abrode.

  • 2 The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule.

  • 24 A diligent hande shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.

  • 33 Yea sleepe on styll I say a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle:

  • 12 It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.

  • 4 Wyll a lion roare in the forest when he hath no pray? or wil a lions whelpe crye out of his denne, if he haue taken nothing?

  • 10 He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole.

  • 15 The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.

  • 3 A wyse man seeth the plague, and hydeth hym selfe: but the foolishe go on still, and are punished.

  • 9 As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

  • 7 Like as in a lame man his legges are not equall: euen so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

  • 28 And he went, and founde his body cast in the way, and the asse and the lion stoode by the corse, and the lion had not eaten the carcasse, nor hurt the asse.

  • 7 Therfore wyll I be vnto them as a lion, and as a leoparde in the wayes to the Assyrians.

  • 16 A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.

  • 5 Being as alight despised in the heartes of the riche, and as one redy to fall.

  • 5 Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that doth kepe his soule, wyll flee farre from them.

  • 6 Wherfore a lion out of the wood hath hurt them, and a woolfe in the euenyng shall destroy them, the Leoparde doth lye lurkyng by their cities, to teare in peeces all them that come therout: for their offences are multiplied, and their departyng away is encreased.