Like [a]one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is one who gives honor to a fool.
Like a thorn that [b]sticks in the hand of a heavy drinker,
So is a proverb in the mouths of fools.
10 [c]Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is one who hires a fool or hires those who pass by.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:8 Lit the binding of
  2. Proverbs 26:9 Lit goes up
  3. Proverbs 26:10 Or A master workman produces all things, But one who hires a fool is like one who hires those who pass by

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