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Proverbs 23:9

“Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.”

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⁷For he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

⁸You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

⁹Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

¹⁰Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

¹¹For their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

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