Proverbs 23:9

New King James Version

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

Proverbs 23:9

American Standard Version

⁹Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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

¹²Apply thy heart unto ^[a]instruction,
And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

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

²³Buy the truth, and sell it not;
Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

New King James Version (NKJV)

American Standard Version (ASV)