Proverbs 23:9 KJV
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs 23:9, King James Version
In context
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Cross-references
- Proverbs 9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
- Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.