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Proverbs 23:9
NIV:  Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.
NAS:  Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
KJV:  Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
GWT:  Do not talk directly to a fool, because he will despise the wisdom of your words.
ASV:  Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
BBE:  Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
DBY:  Speak not in the ears of a foolish man, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
DRB:  Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.
WBS:  Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
WEB:  Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
YLT:  In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

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