16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 26:16
Fools, Sluggards, Quarrels, Gossip, Deceitful Speech, and the Ruin of Unrestrained Folly
The chapter moves from an extended warning about fools, to the self-deception of sluggards, to the danger of meddling and harmful joking, to gossip as conflict fuel, and finally to the concealed malice of lying and flattering speech.
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Verse 16
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The slackerעָצֵ֣לH6102Adjective - masculine singular[is] wiserחָכָ֣םH2450Adjective - masculine singularin his own eyesבְּעֵינָ֑יוH5869Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singularthan seven menמִ֝שִּׁבְעָ֗הH7651Preposition-m | Number - masculine singularwho answerמְשִׁ֣יבֵיH7725Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural constructdiscreetlyטָֽעַם׃H2940Noun - masculine singular