(A)Do not speak in the [a]hearing of a fool,
For he will (B)despise the wisdom of your words.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:9 Lit ears

Saying 10

Do not speak to fools,
    for they will scorn your prudent words.(A)

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12 Apply your heart to discipline
And your ears to words of knowledge.

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Saying 12

12 Apply your heart to instruction(A)
    and your ears to words of knowledge.

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23 (A)Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.

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23 Buy the truth and do not sell it—
    wisdom, instruction and insight as well.(A)

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