Proverbs 23:9

Proverbs 23:9
Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

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Genesis 21:7
And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.

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Numbers 14:6
And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, two of those who had been to see the land, giving signs of grief,

Numbers 14:7
Said to all the children of Israel, This land which we went through to see is a very good land.

Numbers 14:8
And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Numbers 14:9
Only, do not go against the Lord or go in fear of the people of the land, for they will be our food; their strength has been taken from them and the Lord is with us: have no fear of them.

Numbers 14:10
But all the people said they were to be stoned. Then the glory of the Lord was seen in the Tent of meeting, before the eyes of all the children of Israel.

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1 Kings 22:8
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

2 Chronicles 25:1
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 25:16
But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.

Proverbs 29:1
A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

Matthew 15:14
Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

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1 Chronicles 22:12
Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

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Job 6:26
My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

Job 33:32
If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

Job 36:2
Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.

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Psalms 19:4
Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,

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Psalms 19:5
Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.

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Psalms 111:10
The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

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Proverbs 1:22
How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

Proverbs 19:29
Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

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Proverbs 16:22
Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

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Proverbs 20:14
A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

Proverbs 20:16
Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

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Proverbs 22:28
Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.

Proverbs 23:12
Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:19
Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

Proverbs 24:8
He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

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Proverbs 23:6
Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

Proverbs 23:7
For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 23:8
The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

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Proverbs 23:22
Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:23
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

Proverbs 30:17
The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

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Proverbs 21:20
There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

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Song of Solomon 8:1
Oh that you were my brother, who took milk from my mother's breasts! When I came to you in the street, I would give you kisses; yes, I would not be looked down on.

Song of Solomon 8:7
Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.

Zechariah 4:10
For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.

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Isaiah 49:7
The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.

Isaiah 53:10
And the Lord was pleased...see a seed, long life, ...will do well in his hand. ...

Luke 10:16
Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.

Acts 13:41
See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.

1 Thessalonians 4:8
Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

Jude 1:8
In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.

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Micah 1:3
For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.

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Matthew 7:12
All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

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Matthew 10:14
And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

Matthew 10:15
Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

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John 9:30
The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.

John 9:31
We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

John 9:32
In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.

John 9:33
If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

John 9:34
Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

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Psalms 119:70
Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.

Isaiah 36:21
But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

Acts 13:47
For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

Acts 28:25
And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

Acts 28:26
Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

Acts 28:27
For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

Acts 28:28
Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.

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Proverbs 26:12
Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

Proverbs 28:26
He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.

Luke 16:14
And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

John 8:52
The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

John 9:40
These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

John 10:20
And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

Acts 17:32
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

1 Corinthians 1:21
For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

1 Corinthians 1:22
Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

1 Corinthians 1:23
But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

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1 Corinthians 4:10
We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

1 Corinthians 4:11
Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

1 Corinthians 4:12
And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

1 Corinthians 4:13
When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

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1 Corinthians 10:3
And they all took the same holy food;

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Proverbs 26:11
Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

Matthew 15:26
And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

Philippians 3:2
Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:

Hebrews 6:4
As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 6:5
With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time,

Hebrews 6:7
For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:

Hebrews 6:8
But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

Hebrews 10:29
But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?

2 Peter 2:22
They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.

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