9Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 23:9
Guarded Desire, Wise Discipline, the Fear of the LORD, and Warnings Against Envy, Gluttony, Lust, and Drunkenness
The chapter moves through warnings about appetite and wealth, discernment at corrupt tables, protection of boundaries and the fatherless, heart-applied instruction and discipline, parental joy, fear of the LORD over envy, warnings against gluttony and drunkenness, honoring parents, buying truth, sexual purity, and a final extended portrait of wine's deceptive destruction.
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Verse 9
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-בְּאָזְנֵ֣יH241Preposition-b | Noun - feminine dual constructDo notאַל־H408Adverbspeakתְּדַבֵּ֑רH1696Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singularto a foolכְ֭סִילH3684Noun - masculine singularforכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionhe will despiseיָ֝ב֗וּזH936Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthe wisdomלְשֵׂ֣כֶלH7922Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructof your wordsמִלֶּֽיךָ׃H4405Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular