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

Proverbs 26:16 (KJV) |

Proverbs 26:16

From Proverbs 26, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).

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14

As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

15

The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

16

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

17

He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

18

As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

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