Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

你不要说话给愚昧人听，因他必藐视你智慧的言语。

不要说话给愚昧人听，因他必藐视你智慧的言语。

不要说话给愚昧人听，因他必藐视你智慧的言语。

不要和愚人说话，他必藐视你的智言。

不要说话给愚昧人听，因为他必藐视你明慧的言语。

你不要说话给愚昧人听，因为他会藐视你明达的言语。

你不要說話給愚昧人聽，因他必藐視你智慧的言語。

不要說話給愚昧人聽，因他必藐視你智慧的言語。

不要說話給愚昧人聽，因他必藐視你智慧的言語。

不要和愚人說話，他必藐視你的智言。

不要說話給愚昧人聽，因為他必藐視你明慧的言語。

不可說話給愚頑人聽；因為你明智的話語、他會藐視。

你不要說話給愚昧人聽，因為他會藐視你明達的言語。

勿與蠢人語、彼必蔑爾智言、

維彼愚人、毋語以微妙、恐其藐視爾道。

愚人前勿論道、恐藐視爾之達言、

Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.

Don’t speak to foolish people. They will laugh at your wise words.

Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.

Don’t waste your breath on fools, for they will despise the wisest advice.

Don’t speak to a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

Do not speak to be heard by a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Don’t speak to a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

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

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

One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

“ Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said,“ We want to hear you again concerning this.”

But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was,“ Don’t answer him.”

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said,“ What does this babbler want to say?” Others said,“ He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

Then the Jews said to him,“ Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say,‘ If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’

Many of them said,“ He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said,“ It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

The man answered them,“ How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”They answered him,“ You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.

When they didn’t agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word,“ The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,saying,‘ Go to this people and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, then I would heal them.’“ Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him,“ Are we also blind?”

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.