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Proverbs 23:9

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

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  • Proverbs 9:7

    "He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot."

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  • Matthew 7:6

    "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."

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  • Proverbs 26:4

    "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."

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  • Proverbs 1:7

    "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."

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  • Acts 13:45

    "But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming."

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  • Isaiah 36:21

    "But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not."

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  • Acts 28:25

    "And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,"

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  • John 8:52

    "Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death."

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  • John 10:20

    "And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?"

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:21

    "For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe."

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