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

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 26:8

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.