World English Bible
Proverbs 23:9
“Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 23
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for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
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The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
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Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
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Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
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for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.