Proverbs 26:8

New Living Translation

Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.

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It isn’t right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to rule over princes!

Honor is no more associated with fools than snow with summer or rain with harvest.

A proverb in the mouth of a fool is as useless as a paralyzed leg.

A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.

a slave who becomes a king, an overbearing fool who prospers,