Proverbs 23:9
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
In context
7 for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
Proverbs 23:9 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- KJV King James Version
- Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
- WEB World English Bible
- Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.