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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:10 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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