Proverbs 26:8
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As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
In other translations
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 26:1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
- Proverbs 30:22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
- Proverbs 19:10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
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