Proverbs 26:16 - English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.

Proverbs 26:16 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 27:11

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

1 Peter 3:15

but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,