Proverbs 26:8 (BSB)

Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

From Proverbs 26. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 26:8

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 26:6-9: To recommend wisdom to us, and to quicken us to the diligent use of all the means for the getting of wisdom, Solomon here shows that fools are fit for nothing; they are either sottish men, who will never think and design at all, or vicious men, who will never think and design well. 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 26:8: As he that bindeth a stone in a sling,.... That so fastens it to it that it cannot be slung out of it, it becomes useless and does not answer the end for which it is put there; or that places it there that it may be cast out, and is cast out, and so is thrown away, and of no more use; or that...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 26:8: A stone, bound in a sling, is useless; so honor, conferred on a fool, is thrown away.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 26:8: Pro 26:8 This proverb presents to us a new difficulty. As one binds a stone in a sling, So is he who giveth honour to a fool. This translation is warranted by tradition, and is in accordance with the actual facts.