American King James Version
" The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. "
— Proverbs 26:16, American King James Version
“The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.”
“The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason. ”
“The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.”
“The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.”
“The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.”
“The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.”
“The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.”
The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
As the door turns on his hinges, so does the slothful on his bed.
The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
He that passes by, and meddles with strife belonging not to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.
As a mad man who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,
So is the man that deceives his neighbor, and says, Am not I in sport?