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As one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.
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A Wasted and Useless Gesture
One interpretation, noted by commentators like Albert Barnes, is that giving honor to a fool is like binding a stone so tightly in a sling that it cannot be thrown. The honor is completely misapplied and wasted, failing to achieve any good purpose, just as the sling is rendered useless.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That is, "To give honor to the fool is like binding a stone in a sling; you cannot throw it." In each case, you misapply and therefore waste. Other…
19th Century
Anglican
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling... — that is, the stone is soon gone from the sling and seen no more, so honour and a fool soon part…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling That so fastens it to it that it cannot be slung out of it, it becomes useless and …
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Fools are not fit to be trusted, nor to have any honor. Wise sayings, as a foolish man delivers and applies them, lose their usefulness.
