Proverbs 23:9
What meaning of the proverbs 23:9 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 23:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words."
What does Proverbs 23:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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....
CHAPTER 23 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The opening proverbs of this chapter treat of self-restraint in curbing the appetite and give manners to be observed in the presence of a superior. Warnings against r...
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 (_m...
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...
CHAPTER 23 TEXT Proverbs 23:1-12 1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler Consider diligently him that is before thee; 2. And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. 3....
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; )....
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat! V2 If you might be greedy, then hold your knife near your neck!...
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.)...
בְּ אָזְנֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל אַל ־תְּדַבֵּ֑ר כִּֽי ־יָ֝ב֗וּז לְ שֵׂ֣כֶל מִלֶּֽיךָ׃...
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 from the...
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 plead...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be follow...
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, o...
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 an...
_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 wise...
V. 9. 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; 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 will scornf...
Proverbs 23:9 speak H1696 (H8762) hearing H241 fool H3684 despise H936 (H8799) wisdom H7922 words H4405 Speak - Proverbs 9:7-8, Proverbs 26:4-5; Isaiah 36:21; Matthew 7:6;...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: The indulgence of the appetites is a sin that easily besets us. We should apprehend ourselves to be in danger when...
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 stained...
_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 most sk...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 23:1 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 guest of kings....
Now the next three verses are coupled together. When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite. Be not de...
1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 4:10; Acts 13:45; Acts 13:46; Acts 17:18; Acts 17:32; Acts 28:25; Isaiah 36:21; John 10:20; John 8:52;
Of a fool — Cast not away good counsels upon incorrigible sinners....