Proverbs 23:9

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 Proverbs 1:2. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 23:23.

words. sayings. Hebrew. millah. discourse.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “fool” here is one willfully and persistently deaf to it, almost identical with the scorner.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 Proverb...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 .)...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 i...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 fathe...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 wi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 swin...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 23:9 THE MORALLY INCURABLE I. A man may become morally incurable by human instructors . There are cases of bodily...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 9. Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 10:2...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of a fool — Cast not away good counsels upon incorrigible sinners.

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 23:9