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Proverbs 23:8-10
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 23:8-10
Contemporary English Version
8 Each bite will come back up,
and all your kind words
will be wasted.
–9–
9 Don't talk to fools—
they will make fun of you.
–10–
10 Don't move a boundary marker[a]
or take the land
that belongs to orphans.
Footnotes
- 23.10 marker: See the note at 22.28.
Proverbs 23:8-10
New International Version
Proverbs 23:8-10
New International Version
8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten
and will have wasted your compliments.
Saying 10
9 Do not speak to fools,
for they will scorn your prudent words.(A)
Saying 11
10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(B)
or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
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