...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...