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Barnes' Notes on Proverbs 22:13

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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The point of the satire is the ingenuity with which the slothful man devises the most improbable alarms. He hears that “there is a lion without,” i. e., in the broad open country; he is afraid of being slain in the very streets of the city. return to 'Top of Page'
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