Proverbs 26:16
A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who + 26:16 Compare Heb. most satisfactorily brings back a message.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
In Context
15A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.
17As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:12I have seen a man who seemed + 26:12 Gr. by. to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:16
15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. The sluggard has now, with much ado, got out of his bed, but he might as well have lain there still for any thing he is likely to bring to pass in his work, so awkwardly does he go about it. Observe, 1. The pretence he makes for his slothfulness: He hides his hand in his bosom for fear of cold; next to his warm bed in his warm bosom. Or he pretends that he is lame, as some do that make a trade of begging; something ails… Read the whole commentary →