THEOSISProverbs 23:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.
בְּאָזְנֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל אַל־תְּדַבֵּ֑ר כִּֽי־יָ֝ב֗וּז לְשֵׂ֣כֶל מִלֶּֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 9:7He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
- Prov 9:8Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- Matt 7:6Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.
- Prov 26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.
- Prov 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
- Prov 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- John 10:20And many of them said: He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear you him?
- Isa 36:21And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: Answer him not.