Proverbs 23:9 · KJV
“Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.”
— Proverbs 23:9
The morsel {which} thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: {landmark: or, bound}
Proverbs 23 — Context
For as he thinketh in his heart, so {is} he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart {is} not with thee.
8The morsel {which} thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: {landmark: or, bound}
11For their redeemer {is} mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:7-8
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 26:4-5
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD {is} the beginning of knowledge: {but} fools despise wisdom and instruction. {the beginning: or, the principal part}
Acts 13:45-46
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
Acts 28:25-28
And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
1 Corinthians 1:21-24
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
John 10:20
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?