Proverbs 26:16
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The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.

Proverbs 6:6
Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,

Proverbs 27:11
Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.

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

Proverbs 26:12 Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels.

1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you.

Context
Similitudes and Instructions
15The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth. 16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.17As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel.…
Lexicon
The sluggard
עָצֵ֣ל (‘ā·ṣêl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6102: Sluggish, lazy

[is] wiser
חָכָ֣ם (ḥā·ḵām)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise

in his own eyes
בְּעֵינָ֑יו (bə·‘ê·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

than seven men
מִ֝שִּׁבְעָ֗ה (miš·šiḇ·‘āh)
Preposition-m | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

who answer
מְשִׁ֣יבֵי (mə·šî·ḇê)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

discreetly.
טָֽעַם׃ (ṭā·‘am)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2940: A taste, perception, intelligence, a mandate


Additional Translations
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.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.

A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.

A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.

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.

Wiser is the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven men returning a reason.
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