9 Do 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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- בְּאָזְנֵ֣י H241 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine dual construct Do not אַל־ H408 Adverb speak תְּדַבֵּ֑ר H1696 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular to a fool כְ֭סִיל H3684 Noun - masculine singular for כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction he will despise יָ֝ב֗וּז H936 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular the wisdom לְשֵׂ֣כֶל H7922 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of your words מִלֶּֽיךָ׃ H4405 Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular