7 The legs of a disabled person hang limp; so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 26:7

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.