6 He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

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.