Proverbs 26:8

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.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:10

Fine things are not fitting for the foolish, nor is it fitting for a servant to rule over princes.

Proverbs 26:1

In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish.

Proverbs 26:7

In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish.

Proverbs 26:9

In the manner of a thorn, if it were to spring up from the hand of a drunkard, so also is a parable in the mouth of the foolish.

Proverbs 30:22

by a slave when he reigns, by the foolish when he has been filled with food,