Proverbs 22:13

¹³ The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

Semantically similar passages

Proverbs 26:12–14

¹² Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. ¹³ The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!” ¹⁴ As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.

Lamentations 3:9–11

⁹ He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked. ¹⁰ He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush. ¹¹ He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.

Proverbs 30:29–31

²⁹ There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk: ³⁰ a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything; ³¹ a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.

1 Esdras 4:23–25

²³ Yes, a man takes his sword and goes out to travel, to rob, to steal, and to sail on the sea and on rivers. (WEB) ²⁴ He sees a lion and walks in the darkness. When he has stolen, plundered, and robbed, he brings it to the woman he loves. (WEB) ²⁵ Therefore a man loves his wife be… (WEB)

Proverbs 21:24–26

²⁴ Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride. ²⁵ The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work. ²⁶ All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.

Testament of Benjamin 1:9–11

⁹ And he said unto me: Even so, brother, when they had stripped me of my coat they gave me to the Ishmaelites, and they gave me a loin cloth, and scourged me, and bade me run. (T12) ¹⁰ And as for one of them that had beaten me with a rod, a lion met him and slew him. (T12) ¹¹ And… (T12)

1 Kings 13:23–25

²³ And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him. ²⁴ As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the l…

Proverbs 18:8–10

⁸ The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being. ⁹ Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys. ¹⁰ The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

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