Proverbs 22:13 (YLT)

Passage

The slothful hath said, `A lion <FI>is<Fi> without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

Nearby Context

Proverbs 22:11 Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace <FI>are<Fi> his lips, a king <FI>is<Fi> his friend.

Proverbs 22:12 The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.

Proverbs 22:13 The slothful hath said, `A lion <FI>is<Fi> without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

Proverbs 22:14 A deep pit <FI>is<Fi> the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

Proverbs 22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "slothful", "hath", "said", "lion", "without", "midst", "broad", and "places". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "slothful" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge..." into verse 14's "A deep pit FI is Fi the...", so "slothful" and "hath" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "slothful" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.