Proverbs 26:16 meaning and explanation

The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

Proverbs 26:16, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse belongs to a short portrait of the slacker, or sluggard, that runs from verse 13 to 16. He invents dangers to stay indoors, turns in bed like a door on its hinges, and finds even eating too much trouble.

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