Proverbs 26:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Proverbs 26:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is 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 hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
1 Peter 3:15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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Ambition Arrogance Conceit Confidence Diligence Egotism Haughtiness Heart

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16)

Observe, 1. The high opinion which the sluggard has of himself, notwithstanding the gross absurdity and folly of his slothfulness: He thinks himself wiser than seven men, than seven wise men, for they are such as can render a reason. It is the wisdom of a man to be able to render a reason, of a good man to be able to give a reason of the hope that is in him, 1 Pet. 3:15. What we do we should be ab…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16. The thoughtless being ignorant of their ignorance are conceited.