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Pro 22:13 — The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

The slothful		That is, the slothful man uses any pretext, however improbable, to indulge his love of ease and indolence. Pro 15:19; Pro 26:13-16; Num 13:32,33

Correlating Passages

The slothful

	Pro 15:19	The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.
	Pro 26:13	The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.
	Pro 26:14	[As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.
	Pro 26:15	The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
	Pro 26:16	The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
	Num 13:32	And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature.
	Num 13:33	And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, [which come] of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 22:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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