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Proverbs 23:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
Proverbs 23:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
8 Thou shalt vomit thy [a]morsel that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweet words.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10 (A)Remove not the ancient bounds, and enter not into the fields of the fatherless.
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- Proverbs 23:8 He will not cease till he hath done thee some harm, and his flattering words shall come to no use.
Proverbs 23:8-10
New International Version
Proverbs 23:8-10
New International Version
8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten
and will have wasted your compliments.
Saying 10
9 Do not speak to fools,
for they will scorn your prudent words.(A)
Saying 11
10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(B)
or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
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