Proverbs 23:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

Proverbs 14:7

Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

Isaiah 36:21

But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

Matthew 7:6

Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

Luke 16:14

And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

John 10:20

And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

John 8:52

The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

John 9:40

These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

Acts 17:18

And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

Acts 17:32

Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.