Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Prov 26:9

“As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”

“As vexatious and unmanageable as a thorn in a drunkard's hand is a parable to a fool. He will be as apt to misuse is as to use it rightly.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.