Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 26:8

8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling , so is he that giveth honour to a fool .

Whereby he hinders his own design of throwing the stone out of it. Or, who fastens it there only for a season, that he may speedily and violently throw it away. Or, as it is rendred in our margent, and by many others, As he that putteth a precious stone (Heb. a stone, which is oft emphatically used for a precious stone, both in Scripture, as Exod. 39. 10. 1 Chron. 29. 8. and elsewhere, and also in other Authors) in an heap of stones, where it is obscured and lost.

No less absurd is he that giveth to a Fool that Honour and Praise which he is not capable either of receiving, or retaining, or using aright, but it is quite wasted upon him, and doth him more hurt than good.

Marginal references: Or, As he that [illegible: 1 word] a precious stone in an heap of [illegible: 1 word].