Proverbs 23:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁹Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
who will only despise the wisdom of your words.^(A)

Read full chapter

Proverbs 23:9

New Living Translation

⁹Don’t waste your breath on fools,
for they will despise the wisest advice.

Read full chapter

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.