Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 26:8
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 is not capable of using aright.
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 is not capable of using aright.
Verse Proverbs 26:8. _AS HE THAT BINDETH A STONE IN A SLING_, SO IS _HE THAT_ _GIVETH HONOUR TO A FOOL._] It is entirely thrown away. This, however, is a difficult proverb; and the _versions_ give bu...
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 in the sense of the margin: To use a precious stone wh...
CHAPTER 26 CONCERNING THE FOOL AND THE SLUGGARD Eleven times we meet the word fool in this chapter. Three different words are used in the Hebrew for fool. The first is “avil” which signifies weakness....
THE BOOK OF FOOLS. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2). The text is unusually corrupt and defective. PROVERBS 26:1. For the opposite use of s...
BINDETH. bindeth tight:. foolish thing to do....
_bindeth a stone in a sling_ This, which is the rendering of the LXX. (ὅς ἀποδεσμεύει λίθον ἐν σφενδόνῃ), must be taken to mean, he who "bindeth fast" (R.V. marg.) a stone so that it cannot come out,...
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 a sling stays not long there, so is that honour thro...
CHAPTER 26 TEXT Proverbs 26:1-9 1. As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool. 2. As a sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that...
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) HE THAT GIVETH HONOUR TO A FOOL. The honour is thrown...
26:8 stoneheap, (f-8) Or 'As the binding of a stone in a sling.'...
FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....
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....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 26 V1 Snow should not fall in summer. Rain should not fall during the harvest....
Solomon’s father was David. David used a stone from a bag to kill his enemy, Goliath (1 Samuel 17:40). But David did not tie the stone to the bag. This action would be stupid. This action would waste...
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. This seems on the whole the most probable rendering o...
כִּ צְרֹ֣ור אֶ֭בֶן בְּ מַרְגֵּמָ֑ה כֵּן ־נֹות
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 a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool accord...
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. In this group of proverbs the fool is the subject. The...
Mercury. The god of travellers, who were wont to throw a stone at the foot of his statue, as the Indians (Vincent. Bellor. xxiv.) and Arabs did. Mahomet would not disturb this superstitious custom. Th...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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 end for which it is put there; or that places it there...
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 is not fit for a sling - where it will soon be cast...
_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 that giveth to a fool that honour which he is not capabl...
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 more dangerous than he who finds himself in a position...
CONCERNING FOOLS AND SLUGGARDS...
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, beginning with foolishness and ending with hatred....
AS HE THAT BINDETH A STONE IN A SLING, SO IS HE THAT GIVETH HONOUR TO A FOOL: Or, as he that putteth a precious stone in an heap of stones...
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 season, that he may speedily and violently throw it away....
Proverbs 26:8 binds H6872 (H8675) H6887 (H8800) stone H68 sling H4773 gives H5414 (H8802) honor...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 26:20-25.) God gives us two ears and two eyes, but only one tongue. We should therefore see and hear mor...
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 incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he wast...
_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 Colonel Condor was the first to point out: “As he that t...
_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 material, the temporal for the eternal, the pure joys...
_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 which man pays his fellow is often grounded on reasons...
GEMS AMID STONES A bag of gems in a heap of stones. Proverbs 26:8. That was a odd place for gems, was it not? You would expect to find them in the treasure-chamber of a king, or hidden in some safe...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 26:3. To our English ideas, the whip and bridle are assigned respectively to the wrong animals, but it must be remembered that the Eastern ass is often quite as spirited an...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 26:1 Certain proverbs concerning the fool (_kesil_),_ _with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22)....
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 26:1-28 to begin our study this evening. The first twelve verses of Proverbs 26:1-28 we trust doesn't apply to any of you tonight, because it's sort of addressed towards...
Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 26:1; Proverbs 30:22...