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THE PROVERBS
CHAPTER 23
  9 Speak not in the ears of a afool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Footnotes
9a
Prov. 24: 7.
  7 Wisdom is too high for a afool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Matt. 7: 6.
  6 ¶ aGive not that which is bholy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your cpearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Matt. 15: 26 (26-28).
  26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to adogs.
D&C 6: 12 (10-12).
  12 Make not thy gift known unto any save it be those who are of thy faith. Trifle not with asacred things.
D&C 10: 37 (36-37).
  37 But as you cannot always judge the arighteous, or as you cannot always tell the wicked from the righteous, therefore I say unto you, hold your bpeace until I shall see fit to make all things known unto the world concerning the matter.