Solomon
Proverbs 26:16BSB·traditional attribution
The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
Matthew Henry Presbyterian
Observe, 1. The high opinion which the sluggard has of himself, notwithstanding the gross absurdity and folly of his slothfulness: He thinks himself wiser than seven men, than seven wise men, for they are such as can render a reason.
John Gill Reformed Baptist
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit,.... It is a sort of a solecism, a kind of a contradiction in terms for a sluggard to be wise, who is so slothful as to make no use of the means of getting wisdom and knowledge.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed
The thoughtless being ignorant of their ignorance are conceited.