Proverbs 26:8
Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
BSB
ASV
As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.
KJV
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to a fool - It is entirely thrown away. This, however, is a difficult proverb; and the versions give but little light on the subject. The Hebrew may be translated, “As a piece of precious stone among a heap of stones, so is he that giveth honor to a fool.” Or, As he that putteth a precious stone in a heap of stones.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 26:1Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
leads to
Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
Through
Proverbs 19:10Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
leads to
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
Through
Proverbs 30:22a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
leads to
I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
