13 The lazy person claims, "There's a lion on the road! Yes, I'm sure there's a lion out there!"

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 26:13

Commentary on Proverbs 26:13

(Read Proverbs 26:13)

The slothful man hates every thing that requires care and labour. But it is foolish to frighten ourselves from real duties by fancied difficulties. This may be applied to a man slothful in the duties of religion.