Proverbs 26:8-10

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁸It is like binding a stone in a sling
    to give honour to a fool.
⁹Like a thornbush brandished by the hand of a drunkard
    is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
¹⁰Like an archer who wounds everybody
    is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.^[a]

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Proverbs 26:10 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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