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


In Context

6 Do not eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies;

7 for he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

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

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11 for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:9Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.

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.