8 Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
8 Like one who binds the stone in the sling is one who gives honor to a fool.
8 Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.
8 Like one who binds a stone in a sling Is he who gives honor to a fool.
8 Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.
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.