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Proverbs 23:9

World English Bible

Don’t speak in the ears of a fool,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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Proverbs 23:9 in other translations

Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Proverbs 23:9 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 23:9 in context

  1. 7for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
    “Eat and drink!” he says to you,
    but his heart is not with you.
  2. 8The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up,
    and lose your good words.
  3. 9Don’t speak in the ears of a fool,
    for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
  4. 10Don’t move the ancient boundary stone.
    Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
  5. 11for their Defender is strong.
    He will plead their case against you.