Proverbs 26:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.

Proverbs 26:16 Références croisées

Proverbs 12:15

The way of the foolish is right in his own eyes: But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

Proverbs 26:12

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

1 Peter 3:15

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear: