King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 26:16
“The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 26
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,
