Proverbs 26:8

bindeth. bindeth tight:. foolish thing to do.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 26:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 i...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Book of Fools. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2 ). The text is unusually corrupt a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling— The plain meaning of this seems to be, what Bishop Patrick has given in his paraphrase; "As a stone put into...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. As he that bindeth (hurleth, Maurer) a stone in a sling, so (is...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fools. Sluggards. Talkers 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This may be read, 'As he that bindeth,' etc. It should not be 'bound' there. Or, 'As a bag of gems,' etc. (RV). That is not the place for them.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 26:2 . Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 does not answer the e...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool. Ver. 8. As he that bindeth a stone in a sling. ] A precious stone...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling Whereby he hinders his own design of throwing the stone out of it; so is he , &c. No less absurd is he t...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. 7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling; whereby he hinders his own design of throwing the stone out of it; or, who fastens it there only for a seaso...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 26:3 . To our English ideas, the whip and bridle are assigned respectively to the wrong animals, but it must be remembe...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 26:1 . As snow in summer, which beats down the fruits; and as rain in harvest, which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour...
The Biblical Illustrator

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool Honour paid to the wicked unseemly and pernicious The respect wh...
The Biblical Illustrator

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back. Aspects of a fool Sin is folly. It sacrifices the spiritual for the...
The Biblical Illustrator

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. Throwing a stone at an idol The words should be translated, as Co...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 26:1-20 Certain proverbs concerning the fool ( kesil ), with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Prov...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning Fools and Sluggards
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, as we might say, as one who plays with a loaded gun, so is he that giveth honor to a fool, for no fool is mo...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 19:10 ; Proverbs 26:1 ; Proverbs 30:22
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bindeth — Whereby he hinders his own design of throwing the stone out of it. So — No less absurd is he that giveth to a fool that honour which he i...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 26:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 26:8