Proverbs 22:13 meaning and explanation
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
Proverbs 22:13, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse comes from a collection of wise sayings in Proverbs, where a teacher observes how laziness works. The slacker, or sluggard, invents a dramatic excuse for staying indoors: a lion is loose in the streets, so going out to work would mean death.
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