Proverbs 26:8

BBE⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

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bindeth a stone in a sling. Heb. putteth a precious stone ina heap of stones. This probably refers, as Coverdale understands it, to the custom of throwing a stone to the heap under which a criminal was buried. So the Vulgate, {Sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii; ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem,} "As he who throws a stone to Mercury's heap, so is he who gives honour to a fool." Mercury was a heathen god of highways; and stones were erected in different parts to guide the traveller: hence those lines of Dr. Young, "Death stands like Mercuries in every way; And kindly points us to our journey's end."
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Proverbs 26:1; Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 30:22