Proverbs 26:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ Like one who binds the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Like he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a [self-confident] fool.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.

Common English Bible

⁸ Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving respect to a fool.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Proverbs 26:8 Krydshenvisninger

Proverbs 19:10

It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.

Proverbs 26:1

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

Proverbs 26:7

Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:9

Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 30:22

a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;