8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 26:8
Fools, Sluggards, Quarrels, Gossip, Deceitful Speech, and the Ruin of Unrestrained Folly
The chapter moves from an extended warning about fools, to the self-deception of sluggards, to the danger of meddling and harmful joking, to gossip as conflict fuel, and finally to the concealed malice of lying and flattering speech.
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Verse 8
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Like binding כִּצְר֣וֹר H6887 Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct a stone אֶ֭בֶן H68 Noun - feminine singular into a sling בְּמַרְגֵּמָ֑ה H4773 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular is כֵּן־ H3651 Adverb the giving נוֹתֵ֖ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular of honor כָּבֽוֹד׃ H3519 Noun - masculine singular to a fool לִכְסִ֣יל H3684 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular