¹³ A sluggard says,^(A) “There’s a lion in the road,
    a fierce lion roaming the streets!”^(B)

¹³ The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!^(A)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”

¹⁵ Laziness brings on deep sleep,
    and the shiftless go hungry.^(A)

¹⁹ The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,^(A)
    but the path of the upright is a highway.