Proverbs 26:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling... — i.e., the stone is soon gone from the sling and seen no more, so honour and a fool soon part company. This seems on the whole the most probable rendering of this verse.

Proverbs 26:8

8 As he that bindethc a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.