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Proverbs 23:9
Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 23:9 · New Heart English 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 Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies:
7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 Do not move the ancient boundary stone. Do not encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
11 for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
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