Proverbs 26:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

As a bag of gems in a heap of stones, So is he that giveth honour to a fool.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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

Proverbs 26:8 Cross References

Proverbs 19:10

Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Proverbs 26:1

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour is not seemly for a fool.

Proverbs 26:7

The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:9

As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the month of fools

Proverbs 30:22

For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with meat;