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Proverbs 26

Prov. 26:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The slothful
`atsel (Hebrew #6102)
indolent
KJV usage: slothful, sluggard.
Pronounce: aw-tsale'
Origin: from 6101
man saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, There is a lion
shachal (Hebrew #7826)
a lion (from his characteristic roar)
KJV usage: (fierce) lion.
Pronounce: shakh'-al
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to roar
in the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
; a lion
'ariy (Hebrew #738)
from 717 (in the sense of violence); a lion
KJV usage: (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
Pronounce: ar-ee'
Origin: or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}
is in the streets
rchob (Hebrew #7339)
from 7337; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
KJV usage: broad place (way), street. See also 1050.
Pronounce: rekh-obe'
Origin: or rchowb {rekh-obe'}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 15:19• 19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. (Prov. 15:19)
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Prov. 19:15• 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Prov. 19:15)
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Prov. 22:13• 13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. (Prov. 22:13)
• See notes on Proverbs 13:4; 15:19; 19:15; 20:4; 21:25, 26; 24:30-34. The sluggard is the man we are all familiar with; one who means well, but accomplishes nothing, because of continued procrastination. (“Proverbs Twenty-Six” by H.A. Ironside)
• If there are no real difficulties, he will imagine them, and they then become as real to him as if actually existent. (“Proverbs Twenty-Six” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!