“The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Proverbs 22 contains 29 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.