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Proverbs 23:9
Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.
Proverbs 23:9 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 23:9 in other translations
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
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In context
6 Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.
7 For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.
8 Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.
9 Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.
10 Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.
11 For he that redeemeth them, is mightie: he will defend their cause against thee.
12 Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.
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