6 Trusting a fool to convey a message is like cutting off one's feet or drinking poison!

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 26:6

Commentary on Proverbs 26:6-9

(Read Proverbs 26:6-9)

Fools are not fit to be trusted, nor to have any honour. Wise sayings, as a foolish man delivers and applies them, lose their usefulness.