Proverbs 14:7 (BSB)

Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

From Proverbs 14. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 14:7

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 14:7: See here, 1. How we may discern a fool and discover him, a wicked man, for he is a foolish man. If we perceive not in him the lips of knowledge, if we find there is no relish or savour of piety in his discourse, that his communication is all corrupt and corrupting, and nothing in it good and to the use of edifying, we...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 14:7: Go from the presence of a foolish man,.... A wicked one; avoid him, shun his company, depart from him, have no fellowship with him, it, being dangerous, infectious, and hurtful; when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge; when it is observed that his lips pour out foolishness, what is corrupt and unsavoury, unchaste and filthy; what does not minister grace to the...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 14:7: Avoid the society of those who cannot teach you.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 14:7: Pro 14:7 Three proverbs regarding fools: 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, And surely thou hast not known lips of knowledge;i.e., surely hast not brought into experience that he possesses lips which express experimental knowledge, or: surely thou must confess on reflection that no prudent word has come forth from his mouth.