8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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. They are not fit to be entrusted with any business, not fit to go on an errand (Prov. 26:6): He that does but send…
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