Proverbs 23:9
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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,…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
The “fool” here is one willfully and persistently deaf to it, almost identical with the scorner.
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
We are here directed not to cast pearls before swine (Mat 7:6) and not to expose things sacred to the contempt and ridicule of profane scoffers. It is our duty to take all fit occasions to speak of…
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