World English Bible
"Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words."
— Proverbs 23:9, World English Bible
“Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.”
“Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words. ”
“Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.”
“Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.”
“Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.”
“Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.”
Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.