Proverbs 26:16 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁶ 3 Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes and conceit than seven men who can render a reason and answer discreetly.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Lazy people think they are wiser than seven people who answer sensibly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.

Proverbs 26:16 Cross References

Proverbs 12:15

2 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deal faithfully please him.

Proverbs 26:12

9 So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.

Proverbs 27:11

8 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.

Proverbs 6:6

3 He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.

1 Peter 3:15

That now he may live the rest of his time in the flesh , not after the desires of men, but according to the will of God.