13 The sluggard makes excuses, and says, There is a lion in the road, and murderers in the streets.
Proverbs 22:13 Cross References - CAB
Numbers 13:32-33
32 And they brought a horror of that land which they surveyed upon the children of Israel, saying, The land which we passed by to survey it, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of extraordinary stature.
33 And there we saw the giants; and we were as mere insects in our own sight, and so we were before them.
Proverbs 15:19
19 The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns, but those of the diligent are made smooth.
Proverbs 26:13-16
13 A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the road, and there are murderers in the streets.
14 As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
15 A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.
16 A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.