verses 13-16 are listed below:
13.The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14.As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
15.The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16.The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Background Information:
The majority of the divinely inspired proverbs in the Book of Proverbs in the Holy Bible are widely regarded to have been written by King Solomon, the 3rd king to rule over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. Solomon was known for speaking 3,000 proverbs. Solomon's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Hezekiah was the 12th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land. During Hezekiah's 29-year reign, the proverbs spoken by Solomon were diligently transcribed. Some other proverbs reveal:
-Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:-Proverbs 6:6...How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?-Proverbs 6:9
-As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.-Proverbs 10:26
-The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.-Proverbs 12:24...The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.-Proverbs 12:27
-The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.-Proverbs 13:4
-The way of a slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.-Proverbs 15:19
-He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.-Proverbs 18:9
-Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.-Proverbs 19:15...A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.-Proverbs 19:24
-The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.-Proverbs 20:4
-The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.-Proverbs 21:25
-The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.-Proverbs 22:13
-I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.-Proverbs 24:30-31
Reference Information:
bosom = bassallahat = tsallachath/tselachah = bowl, dish
conceit = beenaw = ayin = eyes
grieveth = nilah = la'ah = wearies, exhausted, impatient
hideth = taman = buries, conceals
reason = taam = sensibly
render = mesibe = shuwb = answer, return
slothful = asel/atsel = lazy, sluggish, idle
sluggard = asel/atsel = lazy, idle
Reference Scriptures:
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.-Proverbs 10:1
The book for the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.-Matthew 1:1...And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;-Matthew 1:6...And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.-Matthew 1:16
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,-Luke 3:23...Which was the son of Enos, which was the song Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.-Luke 3:38
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