Proverbs 23:9

Living With Your Neighbor

⁸ You will vomit the little you’ve eaten
and waste your pleasant words. ⁹ Don’t speak to a fool,
for he will despise the insight of your words. ¹⁰ Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,
and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Foolish Man

No

Matthew 7:6

Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 9:7-8

The one who corrects a mocker
will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.

Proverbs 26:4-5

Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness
or you’ll be like him yourself.

Isaiah 36:21

But they kept silent; they didn’t say anything, for the king’s command was, “Don’t answer him.”

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at Him.

John 8:52

Then the Jews said, “Now we know You have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste death—ever!’

John 9:30-34

“This is an amazing thing,” the man told them. “You don’t know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and asked Him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”

John 10:20

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?”

Acts 13:45-46

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to oppose what Paul was saying by insulting him.

Acts 17:18

Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”

Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.

Acts 17:32

When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him. But others said, “We’d like to hear from you again about this.”

Acts 28:25-28

Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement: “The Holy Spirit correctly spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors

1 Corinthians 1:21-24

For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached.

1 Corinthians 4:10-13

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!