You will (A)vomit up [a]the morsel you have eaten
And waste your [b]compliments.

(B)Do not speak [c]to be heard by a fool,
For he will (C)despise the wisdom of your words.

10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or (D)go into the fields of the fatherless,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:8 Lit your
  2. Proverbs 23:8 Lit pleasant words
  3. Proverbs 23:9 Lit in the ears of a

You will vomit up the little you have eaten
    and will have wasted your compliments.

Saying 10

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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