Proverbios 23:9

9 No hables a oídos del loco; porque menospreciará la prudencia de tus razones

Proverbios 23:9 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:9

Speak not in the ears of a fool
For it is only beating the air, and speaking to the wind; it is casting pearls before swine, and that which is holy to dogs. By the "fool" is meant a wicked man, one abandoned to sin, and hardened in it; that scoffs at all admonitions and reproofs, that derides the word, and the preachers of it, and makes a mock at all good men, and everything they say; and therefore what is serious and sacred should not be said to them, since it only becomes the object of their banter and ridicule; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words;
not only the words of doctrine, reproof, and correction, but the "wisdom" of them; or let them be ever so wisely spoken; for if the wisdom of God and his words, the truths of the Gospel, are foolishness with such, and despised by them, then much more the wisdom even of the best of men, and the wisest things they say; yea, when they deliver the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, the Gospel of Christ, which therefore should be spoken among them that are perfect, ( 1 Corinthians 1:24 1 Corinthians 1:25 ) ( 1 Corinthians 2:6 1 Corinthians 2:7 ) .

Proverbios 23:9 In-Context

7 porque cual es su pensamiento en su alma, tal es él. Come y bebe, te dirá; mas su corazón no está contigo

8 ¿Comiste tu parte? La vomitarás; y perderás tus suaves palabras

9 No hables a oídos del loco; porque menospreciará la prudencia de tus razones

10 No traspases el término antiguo, ni entres en la heredad de los huérfanos

11 porque el redentor de ellos es el Fuerte, el cual juzgará la causa de ellos contra ti