i. e., “To give honor to the fool is like binding a stone in a sling; you cannot throw it.” In each case you misapply and so waste. Others render in the sense of the margin: To use a precious stone where a pebble would be sufficient, is not less foolish than to give honor to a fool.
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Proverbs 26:8
8 As he that bindethc a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.