Proverbs 26:8

New International Version

Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

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It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

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

Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,