Proverbs 26:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

The lazy man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

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  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slothful man says, 'There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets.'
  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:13
    93%

    13The slothful man says, 'There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets.'

  • Prov 26:14-16
    3 verses
    83%

    14As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy one turn upon his bed.

    15The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it back to his mouth.

    16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give an answer.

  • Prov 15:19
    79%

    19The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.

  • Prov 12:27
    76%

    27The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, but diligence is a man's precious possession.

  • Prov 24:30
    75%

    30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

  • Prov 21:25
    74%

    25The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

  • Prov 26:12
    74%

    12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 19:15
    74%

    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an 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 those who send him.

  • Prov 30:30
    73%

    30A lion, which is mighty among beasts, and does not turn away from anything;

  • Prov 19:24
    73%

    24A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 6:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?

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

  • Prov 6:6
    72%

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

  • Prov 13:4
    72%

    4The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

  • Prov 18:9
    72%

    9He who is slothful in his work is brother to him who is a great waster.

  • Nah 2:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's cub, and none made them afraid?

    12The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with plunder.

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

    24And when he was gone, a lion met him on the way, and killed him: and his corpse was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it, the lion also stood by the corpse.

    25And, behold, men passed by, and saw the corpse cast in the way, and the lion standing by the corpse: 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 of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke to him.

  • Prov 28:1
    71%

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

  • Prov 28:15
    70%

    15As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over poor people.

  • Ps 17:12
    70%

    12Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36
    70%

    36Then he said to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall slay you. And as soon as he departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

  • Eccl 10:18
    70%

    18By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Job 28:8
    70%

    8The lion's cubs have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by it.

  • Amos 5:19
    70%

    19As if a man fled 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 because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 27:12
    70%

    12A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Ps 10:9
    69%

    9He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

  • Job 4:11
    69%

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

  • Prov 20:2
    69%

    2The fear of a king is like the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

  • Prov 12:24
    69%

    24The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

  • Prov 24:33
    69%

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

  • Prov 17:12
    69%

    12Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.

  • Amos 3:4
    69%

    4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has taken nothing?

  • Lam 3:10
    69%

    10He was to me like a bear lying in wait, and like a lion in hiding.

  • Eccl 10:15
    68%

    15The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 22:3
    68%

    3A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 26:9
    68%

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

  • Prov 26:7
    67%

    7The legs of the lame are uneven: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • 1 Kgs 13:28
    67%

    28And he went and found his corpse cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the donkey.

  • Hos 13:7
    67%

    7Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way I will observe them:

  • Prov 14:16
    67%

    16A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

  • Job 12:5
    67%

    5He who is ready to slip with his feet is like a lamp despised in the thought of him who is at ease.

  • Prov 22:5
    67%

    5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul shall be far from them.

  • Jer 5:6
    67%

    6Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: everyone that goes out from there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings have increased.