Proverbs 23:9
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
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 that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Read in contextMatthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Read in contextProverbs 26:4–5
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Read in contextProverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Read in contextActs 13:45–46
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
Read in contextJohn 10:20
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
Read in contextIsaiah 36:21
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Read in contextActs 28:25–28
And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
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