Proverbs 26:13

Webster's Bible (1833)

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:13
    93%

    13The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

  • Prov 26:14-16
    3 verses
    83%

    14As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed.

    15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

    16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who answer with discretion.

  • Prov 15:19
    79%

    19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, But the path of the upright is a highway.

  • Prov 12:27
    76%

    27The slothful man doesn't roast his game, But the possessions of diligent men are prized.

  • Prov 24:30
    75%

    30I went by the field of the sluggard, By the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 21:25
    74%

    25The desire of the sluggard 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. 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 those who send him.

  • Prov 30:30
    73%

    30The lion, which is mightiest among animals, And doesn't turn away for any;

  • Prov 19:24
    73%

    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 6:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9How long will you sleep, 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 desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

  • Prov 18:9
    72%

    9One who is slack in his work Is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

  • 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 cubs, and no one made them afraid?

    12The 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.

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

    24When he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him: and his body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.

    25Behold, 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.

    26When 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 torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to him.

  • Prov 28:1
    71%

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

  • Prov 28:15
    70%

    15As a roaring lion or a charging bear, So is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

  • Ps 17:12
    70%

    12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, As it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36
    70%

    36Then said he 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.

  • Eccl 10:18
    70%

    18By slothfulness the roof sinks in; And through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Job 28:8
    70%

    8The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there.

  • Amos 5:19
    70%

    19As 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.

  • 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 sees danger and takes refuge; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it:

  • Ps 10:9
    69%

    9He 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.

  • Job 4:11
    69%

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

  • Prov 20:2
    69%

    2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion: He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

  • Prov 12:24
    69%

    24The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, But laziness ends in slave 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 thicket, When he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, If he has caught nothing?

  • Lam 3:10
    69%

    10He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

  • Eccl 10:15
    68%

    15The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 22:3
    68%

    3A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Prov 26:9
    68%

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

  • Prov 26:7
    67%

    7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • 1 Kgs 13:28
    67%

    28He 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 torn the donkey.

  • Hos 13:7
    67%

    7Therefore am I to them like a lion; Like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

  • Prov 14:16
    67%

    16A wise man fears, and shuns evil, But the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

  • Job 12:5
    67%

    5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune, It is ready for them whose foot slips.

  • Prov 22:5
    67%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: Whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Jer 5:6
    67%

    6Therefore 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.