💡WEB · Proverbs 23:11
What does Proverbs 23:11 mean?
"for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you."
— Proverbs 23:11 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
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