World English Bible
Proverbs 22:13
“The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
Verse in context — Proverbs 22
11
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.
12
The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!
14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.
15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.