Proverbs 26:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Like one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

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  • Prov 26:1 : 1 Like snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
  • Prov 30:22 : 22 For a servant when he reigns, and a fool when he is filled with food;
  • Prov 19:10 : 10 Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:9-12
    4 verses
    80%

    9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10The great God who formed all things rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.

    11As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

    12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 26:3-7
    5 verses
    79%

    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

    6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet, and drinks in damage.

    7The legs of the lame are uneven: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 26:1
    77%

    1Like snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

  • Prov 27:3
    75%

    3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.

  • Prov 26:18
    73%

    18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 10:18
    72%

    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22Though you pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

  • Prov 13:16
    71%

    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Eccl 10:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking aroma: so does a little folly him who is in reputation for wisdom and honor.

    2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

    3Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Prov 14:24
    71%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 26:27
    70%

    27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

  • Prov 29:20
    70%

    20Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 29:11
    70%

    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 24:7
    70%

    7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Prov 10:23
    70%

    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Eccl 7:6
    69%

    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 10:6
    69%

    6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

  • Prov 17:21
    69%

    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 14:3
    69%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Prov 14:8
    69%

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 12:23
    69%

    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Prov 19:1
    69%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Job 12:17
    69%

    17He leads counselors away plundered, and makes the judges fools.

  • Prov 15:5
    69%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 10:8
    68%

    8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 3:35
    68%

    35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the legacy of fools.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

    16A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

  • Prov 28:26
    68%

    26He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered.

  • Prov 15:2
    68%

    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Eccl 10:14
    68%

    14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

  • Prov 30:22
    68%

    22For a servant when he reigns, and a fool when he is filled with food;

  • Prov 20:3
    68%

    3It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.

  • Prov 14:17
    68%

    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.