8 Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.

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.