Proverbs 24:7

Catholic Public Domain Version

Wisdom is beyond the foolish; at the gate he will not open his mouth.

Cross References

Job 31:21

if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I the advantage over him at the gate;

Job 5:4

His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them.

Psalm 10:5

The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look upon the poor. His eyelids question the sons of men.

Psalm 127:5

May the Lord bless you from Zion, and may you see the good things of Jerusalem, all the days of your life.

Proverbs 14:6

A mocker seeks wisdom and does not find it. The doctrine of the prudent is accessible.

Proverbs 15:24

The path of life is for the wise above, so that he may turn away from the end of Hell.

Proverbs 17:16

What does it profit the foolish to have riches, when he is not able to buy wisdom? Whoever makes his house high seeks ruin. And whoever shuns learning shall fall into evils.

Proverbs 17:24

Prudence shines from the face of the wise. The eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:7

Well-chosen words are not fitting for the foolish, nor are lying lips fitting for a leader.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not intend judgment. But those who inquire after the Lord turn their souls toward all things.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is noble at the gates, when he sits among the senators of the land.

Isaiah 29:21

For they caused men to sin by a word, and they supplanted him who argued against them at the gates, and they turned away from justice in vain.

Isaiah 32:6

For a foolish man speaks foolishness and his heart works iniquity in order to accomplish deception. And he speaks to the Lord deceitfully, so as to empty the soul of the hungry and to take away drink from the thirsty.

Amos 5:10

They held hatred for the one who corrects at the gate, and they have abhorred the one who speaks perfectly.

Amos 5:12

For I know your many wicked deeds and the strength of your sins, you enemies of the just, accepting bribes, and depriving the poor at the gate.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and establish judgment at the gate. Perhaps then the Lord God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the animal nature of man does not perceive these things that are of the Spirit of God. For it is foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand it, because it must be examined spiritually.