Proverbs 26:16
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The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render an answer.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
The lazy person is wiser in his own eyes Than seven [sensible] men who can give a discreet answer.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes and conceit than seven men who can render a reason and answer discreetly.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven who can answer sensibly.
In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven who can answer sensibly.
Lazy people think they are wiser than seven people who answer sensibly.
A lazy man is wiser in his own view than seven who can answer with sense.
A lazy person says, “I am smarter than everyone else.”
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 speak sentences.
Lazy people think they are seven times smarter than the people who really have good sense.
A lazy person thinks that he is very wise. He thinks that he is wiser than seven people who can answer questions well.
A lazy person considers himself wiser than seven people who answer sensibly.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
The lazy person ·thinks he is wiser [L is wiser in his own eyes] than seven people who give sensible answers.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason.
A lazy person thinks he is wiser than seven people who give a sensible answer.
A lazy person will think he is smarter than seven men who can give good reasons for their opinions.
In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven men who can answer sensibly.
The lazy person thinks he is wiser than seven people who give sensible answers.
The lazy person is wiser in his own opinion than seven men who can give an appropriate response.
¶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can give him counsel.
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 can respond with a discreet answer.
A lazy person is wiser in his eyes than seven who answer discreetly.
Yet in his own opinion he is smarter than seven wise men.
Dreamers fantasize their self-importance; they think they are smarter than a whole college faculty.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can answer reasonably.
A lazy person thinks he is wiser than seven people who give a sensible answer.
In their own eyes sluggards are wiser than seven who answer with good judgment.
A lazy one is wiser in his own eyes Than seven people who can give a discreet answer.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.
The idler considers himself to be more wise than seven men who can offer a sensible reply.
The lazy person thinks he is wiser than seven people who give sensible answers.
The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.
A person who doesn’t want to work is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who give careful answers.
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can answer sensibly.
The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give a wise answer.
Lazy people consider themselves smarter than seven wise counselors.
The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.
The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.
The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.
The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.
The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) is chacham in his own eyes, more than seven that give an excellent answer.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven who can render a reason.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly.
A slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.
The slacker sees himself as wiser by far than seven men who can converse intelligently.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
A slow man seemeth wiser to himself, than seven men speaking sentences. (A lazy person seemeth wiser to himself, than seven people speaking forth their thoughts.)
Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.
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