9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. …
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.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. …
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9)We are here directed not to cast pearls before swine (Matt. 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 divine things; but, 1. There are some that will make a jest of every thing, though it be ever so prudently and pertinently spoken, that will not only despise a wise man’s words, but despise even the w…
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