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Selected Verse: Proverbs 26:16 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
Pr 26:16 Strong Concordance The sluggard [06102] is wiser [02450] in his own conceit [05869] than seven men [07651] that can render [07725] a reason [02940].
  King James The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The thoughtless being ignorant of their ignorance are conceited.
 
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16 For a just [06662] man falleth [05307] seven times [07651], and riseth up again [06965]: but the wicked [07563] shall fall [03782] into mischief [07451].
22 As a jewel [05141] of gold [02091] in a swine's [02386] snout [0639], so is a fair [03303] woman [0802] which is without [05493] discretion [02940].
31 But if he be found [04672], he shall restore [07999] sevenfold [07659]; he shall give [05414] all the substance [01952] of his house [01004].
16 For a just [06662] man falleth [05307] seven times [07651], and riseth up again [06965]: but the wicked [07563] shall fall [03782] into mischief [07451].
25 When he speaketh [06963] fair [02603], believe [0539] him not: for there are seven [07651] abominations [08441] in his heart [03820].
14 Forasmuch [01768] [06903] as [03606] thou art sent [07972] of [04481] [06925] the king [04430], and of his seven [07655] counsellors [03272], to enquire [01240] concerning [05922] Judah [03061] and Jerusalem [03390], according to the law [01882] of thy God [0426] which is in thine hand [03028];
1 Wisdom [02454] hath builded [01129] her house [01004], she hath hewn out [02672] her seven [07651] pillars [05982]: