13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
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The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13)When a man talks foolishly we say, He talks idly; for none betray their folly more than those who are idle and go about to excuse themselves in their idleness. As men’s folly makes them slothful, so their slothfulness makes them foolish. Observe, 1. What the slothful man really dreads. He dreads the way, the streets , the place where work is to be done and a journey to be gone; he hates business,…
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