Proverbs 23:9

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The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.	Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.	Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Speak^H1696 not in the ears^H241 of a fool^H3684: for he will despise^H936 the wisdom^H7922 of thy words^H4405.

Original Hebrew

בְּאָזְנֵי כְסִיל אַל־תְּדַבֵּר כִּי־יָבוּז לְשֵׂכֶל מִלֶּיךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בְּ/אָזְנֵ֣י	be./'a.ze.Nei	H241	HR/Ncfdc	in/ (the) ears of
כְ֭סִיל	Khe.sil	H3684	HAamsa	a fool
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תְּדַבֵּ֑ר	te.da.Ber	H1696	HVpj2ms	you speak
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
יָ֝ב֗וּז	ya.Vuz	H936	HVqi3ms	he will despise
לְ/שֵׂ֣כֶל	le./Se.khel	H7922	HR/Ncmsc	(to)/ (the) insight of
מִלֶּֽי/ךָ	mi.Lei./kha	H4405	HNcfpc/Sp2ms	words/ your

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H241 — אֹזֶן (ʼôzen, o'-zen): from אָזַן; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man); [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
H936 — בּוּז (bûwz, booz): a primitive root; to disrespect; contemn, despise, [idiom] utterly.
H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).
H4405 — מִלָּה (millâh, mil-law'): from מָלַל (plural masculine as if from מִלֶּה; a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic; [phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.
H7922 — שֶׂכֶל (sekel, seh'-kel): or שֵׂכֶל; from שָׂכַל; intelligence; by implication, success; discretion, knowledge, policy, prudence, sense, understanding, wisdom, wise.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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Reciprocal references (1): 1 Thessalonians 4:8

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