Proverbs 23:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

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

Common English Bible

⁹ Don’t speak in the ears of fools, for they will scorn your insightful words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Do not speak into the ears of the unwise. They will despise the doctrine of your eloquence.

Proverbs 23:9 Križne Reference

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 14:7

Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.

Isaiah 36:21

But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him.”

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you.

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.

John 10:20

Many of them said, “He has a demon, and he is mad; why listen to him?”

John 8:52

The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If any one keeps my word, he will never taste death.’

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said to him, “Are we also blind?”

Acts 17:18

Some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said, “What would this babbler say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 17:32

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”