 | 1611 - 360 sider
...slothful hideth his hand in his bosom ; It grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason. He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by... | |
 | Robert Leighton, George Jerment - 1805 - 544 sider
...drunk with an over-weening opinion of themselves, and the unworthiest most; A sluggard, (says Solomon) is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason' ; and not finding others of their mind, this frets and troubles them. They take the ready course to... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 sider
...Thus habits of idleness grow: the less a man doth, the lens he i* 16 dix/lourd to d'j. The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason ; as btu/iid a creature as he is, he fias a great conceit of his own abilities, though he hat 1 7 nothing... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 sider
...thou a man wise in his own conceit, there is more hope of a fool than of him. Ver. 1 6. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason. xxxviii. 11. The rich man is wise in his own conceit. Ver. 26. He that trusteth in his own heart is... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 sider
...than for a drunken man to handle a thorn bush: this wounds him; that shames him. XXVI. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. The sluggard will not be beaten out of his sloth; and, let never so many wise men persuade him to shake... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 sider
...goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. XXVI. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. The sluggard will not be beaten out of his sloth; and, let never so many wise men persuade him to shake... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 504 sider
...in) There is Л lion without (saith he) I shall be slain in the street : who althowgb herein he be wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason : Yet (the truth is) he, thut (so much as) fellows the Ше, is destitute of tmderstemdmff ; he lusteih... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 sider
...slothful hitleth lun hand in his bosom ; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 1 6 The sluggard 17 He that passeth by,' and meddlelh with strife belonging not to him, in like one that taketh a d"g... | |
 | Isaac Taylor - 1811 - 258 sider
...knowledge. Though at the same time, they are conceited enough, Prov. xxvi. 16'. " The slothful man is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason." And the worst of all is, it leads to vice. (! The devil finds some mischief still, for idle hands to... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 506 sider
...fetches his knowledge from afar, namely, from the Father of lights; and thence it is that, " The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason," Prov. xxvi. 16. That strange sleepy frame that you complain of, and which often comes upon God's people... | |
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The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. 
