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What does Proverbs 22:13 mean?
"The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”"
— Proverbs 22:13 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
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