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Pro 26:8 (KJV) — As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Pro 26:8 (NASB) — Like *one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

bindeth a stone in a sling	"Heb. putteth a precious stone in a heap of stones. This probably refers, as Coverdale understands it, to the custom of throwing a stone to the heap under which a criminal was buried. So the Vulgate, Sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii; ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem, ""As he who throws a stone to Mercury's heap, so is he who gives honour to a fool."" Mercury was a heathen god of highways; and stones were erected in different parts to guide the traveller: hence those lines of Dr. Young,"
so	Pro 26:1; Pro 19:10; Pro 30:22

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