Proverbs 23:9
7 for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- KJV
- Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
- WEB
- Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- ASV
- Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
- DARBY
- Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
- BLB
- Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- ÅB
- Tal ikke for dårens ører, for han forakter dine forstandige ord!
- OTB
- Tal ikke i en dåres påhør, for han vil forakte visdommen i dine ord.
- B1930
- Tal ikke for dårens ører, for han forakter dine forstandige ord!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 9:7–8
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Read in contextMatthew 7:6
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
Read in contextProverbs 26:4–5
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Read in contextProverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Read in contextActs 13:45–46
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
Read in contextJohn 10:20
Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
Read in contextIsaiah 36:21
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
Read in contextActs 28:25–28
They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
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