Proverbs 23:9 - Tree of Life Version

Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will disdain the wisdom of your words.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Speak not in the ears of a [self-confident] fool, for he will despise the [godly] Wisdom of your words. [Isa. 32:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Don’t speak in the ears of fools, for they will scorn your insightful words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not speak into the ears of the unwise. They will despise the doctrine of your eloquence.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 23:9 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of Adonai is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 14:7

Walk away from a fool— for you will find no knowledge on his lips.

Isaiah 36:21

But they were silent, and did not answer him a word, for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet, then turn and rip you to shreds.

Luke 16:14

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and sneering at Yeshua.

John 10:20

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon. He’s insane! Why listen to Him?”

John 8:52

“Now we know You have a demon!” the Judean leaders said to Him. “Abraham and the prophets died. Yet You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste death.’

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard Him say this and asked, “We’re not blind too, are we?”

Acts 17:18

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What’s this babbler trying to say?” while others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities”—because he was proclaiming the Good News of Yeshua and the resurrection.

Acts 17:32

Now when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began scoffing. But others said, “We will hear from you again about this.”