(A)Do not speak [a]to be heard by a fool,
For he will (B)despise the wisdom of your words.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:9 Lit in the ears of a

Don’t speak when a fool is listening,
    because he’ll despise your wise words.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

12 Learn diligently,
    and listen to words of knowledge.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter

23 Purchase truth, but don’t sell it;
    store up[a] wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:23 The Heb. lacks store up