Proverbs 24:7

American Standard Version (1901)

Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:6

A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

1 Corinthians 2:14

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

Amos 5:15

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5:12

For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right.

Amos 5:10

They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Isaiah 29:21

that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

Proverbs 22:22

Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 15:24

To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

Job 31:21

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

Psalm 127:5

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

Proverbs 17:16

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

Isaiah 32:6

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.