9Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.


In Context

6 Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:

7 Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.

8 The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words.

9 Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.

10 Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:

11 For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee.

Proverbs 23:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:9Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9Speak not in the ears of a foolish man, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words.