“ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. ”
The “fool” here is one willfully and persistently deaf to it, almost identical with the scorner.
It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what...
fool. Hebrew. kesil. See note on Proverbs 1:7 . he will despise. Illustration: Amaziah ( 2 Chronicles 25:1 ; 2 Chronicles 25:16 ). wisdom . intelligence. Hebrew. sekel. See note on Prov...
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Speak not (namely, wise words) in the ears of a fool - such as the miserly host just described ( Proverbs 23:6-8...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Speak not in the ears of a fool. — Do not waste thy time in explaining matters to him. A fool . — A dull, stupid person. (Comp. Proverbs 1:22 .)
CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 "Withhold not correction fro...
At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plea...
Speak not in the ears of a fool ,.... For it is only beating the air, and speaking to the wind; it is casting pearls before swine, and that which is holy to dogs. By the "fool" is meant a wicked man...
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Ver. 9. Speak not in the ears of a fool. ] That is, of a wilful fool, that seldom asketh council, but never followeth...
Speak not in the ears of a fool Cast not away good counsels upon obstinate and incorrigible sinners: see Matthew 7:6 . For he will despise the wisdom of thy words He will scornfully reject thy w...
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. We are here directed not to cast pearls before swine ( Matthew 7:6 ) and not to expose things sacred...
Speak not in the ears of a fool; cast not away good counsels upon obstinate and incorrigible sinners. We have the same advice given Matthew 7:6 . He will despise the wisdom of thy words; he wi...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 23:9 THE MORALLY INCURABLE I. A man may become morally incurable by human instructors . There are cases of bodily disease which it would be quite useless for the mo...
Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. How many have stai...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the gue...
v. 9. Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
1 Corinthians 1:21-24 ; 1 Corinthians 4:10-13 ; Acts 13:45 ; Acts 13:46 ; Acts 17:18 ; Acts 17:32 ; Acts 28:25-28 ; Isaiah 36:21 ; John 10:20 ; John 8:52 ; John 9:30-34 ; John 9:40 ; Luk...
Of a fool — Cast not away good counsels upon incorrigible sinners.