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If you tie a stone into a sling, it will be a useless weapon.
    It is also useless to give honour to a fool.
A fool who speaks a proverb is like a drunk person with a thorn in his finger.
    He does not know what to do with it.
10 A soldier who shoots his arrows everywhere is useless.
    It is the same if you ask a stupid person to do work for you.

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Like tying a stone in a sling
    is the giving of honor to a fool.(A)
Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand
    is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(B)
10 Like an archer who wounds at random
    is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.

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