Proverbs 23:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Do not speak in the hearing of fools; they will despise the wisdom of your words.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:7

Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 14:7

Go from the face of the fool; you get no knowledge from such lips.

Isaiah 36:21

But they remained silent and did not answer at all, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces. The Answer to Prayers.

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all these things and sneered at him.

John 10:20

Many of them said, “He is possessed and out of his mind; why listen to him?”

John 8:52

[So] the Jews said to him, “Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.’

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not also blind, are we?”

Acts 17:18

Even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers engaged him in discussion. Some asked, “What is this scavenger trying to say?” Others said, “He sounds like a promoter of foreign deities,” because he was preaching about ‘Jesus’ and ‘Resurrection.’

Acts 17:32

When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We should like to hear you on this some other time.”