Proverbs 23:9
Do not speak in the ears of a fool, || For he treads on the wisdom of your words.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
In Context
8You vomit up your morsel you have eaten, || And have marred your words that [are] sweet.
10Do not remove a border of ancient times, || And do not enter into fields of the fatherless,
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7Fear of YHWH [is the] beginning of knowledge, || Fools have despised wisdom and instruction!
Proverbs 9:8Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you, || Give reproof to the wise, and he loves you.
Isaiah 36:21And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, “Do not answer him.”
Luke 16:14And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding Him,
John 9:30The man answered and said to them, “Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that you have not known where He is from, and He opened my eyes!
John 10:20and many of them said, “He has a demon, and is mad, why do you hear Him?”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:7-9
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. Those that are voluptuous and given to appetite ( v. 2 ) are glad to be where there is good cheer stirring, and those that are covetous and saving, that they may spare at home, will be glad to get a dinner at another man's table; and… Read the whole commentary →