Proverbs 22:13

Expanded Bible

¹³The lazy person says, “There’s a lion outside!
I might get killed out in the ·street [middle of the public square]!”

Proverbs 22:13

Amplified Bible

¹³
The lazy one [manufactures excuses and] says, “There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets [if I go out to work]!”

²⁹Do you see people ·skilled [or diligent] in their work?
They will work for kings, not for ·ordinary [obscure] people.

²⁹
Do you see a man skillful and experienced in his work?
He will stand [in honor] before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.

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