8 At that the king of Israel said to Je·hoshʹa·phat: “There is still one man through whom to inquire of Jehovah;+ but I myself certainly hate him,+ for he does not prophesy good things concerning me but bad+—Mi·caiʹah* the son of Imʹlah.” However, Je·hoshʹa·phat said: “Do not let the king say a thing like that.”+

12 The ridiculer does not love the one reproving him.+ To the wise ones he will not go.+

9 Into the ears of a stupid one do not speak,+ for he will despise your discreet words.+

6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs,+ neither throw YOUR pearls before swine, that they may never trample+ them under their feet and turn around and rip YOU open.