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Proverbs 26:8

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

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Luxury is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool–much less for a slave to rule over princes.

LIKE SNOW in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool. [Isa. 32:6.]

Like the legs of a lame man which hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of a fool.

Like a thorn that goes [without being felt] into the hand of a drunken man, so is a proverb in the mouth of a [self-confident] fool.

Under a servant when he reigns, a [empty-headed] fool when he is filled with food,