Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
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- Prov 22:13 : 13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
- Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
- Prov 26:14-163 verses83%
14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
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19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
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27 The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.
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30 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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25 The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
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12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
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30 The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn't turn away for any;
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24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
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4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
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9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
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11 Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's cubs, and no one made them afraid?
12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.
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24 When he had gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him. His body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.
25 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 lived.
26 When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, "It is the man of God who was disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh. Therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has mauled him and slain him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to him."
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1 The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
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15 As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
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12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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36 Then he said to him, "Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you." As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.
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18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
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8 The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
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19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
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4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
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11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
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2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
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24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
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33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;
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12 Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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4 Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
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10 He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
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15 The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.
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3 A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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9 Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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28 He went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body, nor mauled the donkey.
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7 Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
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16 A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
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5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
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5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.
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6 Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backsliding is increased.