8Like 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 bindingכִּצְר֣וֹרH6887Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructa stoneאֶ֭בֶןH68Noun - feminine singularinto a slingבְּמַרְגֵּמָ֑הH4773Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singularisכֵּן־H3651Adverbthe givingנוֹתֵ֖ןH5414Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularof honorכָּבֽוֹד׃H3519Noun - masculine singularto a foolלִכְסִ֣ילH3684Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular