Proverbs 24:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Wisdom is inaccessible to   a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:6

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the person without the Spirit  does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated  spiritually.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good; establish justice at the city gate. Perhaps the Lord, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5:12

For I know that your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous,  take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice  at the city gates.

Amos 5:10

They hate the one who convicts the guilty at the city gate, and they despise  the one who speaks with integrity.

Isaiah 29:21

those who, with their speech, accuse a person of wrongdoing, who set a trap for the one mediating at the city gate and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.

Proverbs 22:22

Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor, and don’t crush the oppressed  at the city gate,

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes  roam to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 15:24

For the prudent the path of life leads upwards, so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

Job 31:21

if I ever cast my vote  against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety. They are crushed at the city gate, with no one to rescue them.

Proverbs 17:7

Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips; how much worse are lies for a ruler.

Proverbs 17:16

Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

Isaiah 32:6

For a fool speaks foolishness and his mind plots iniquity. He lives in a godless way and speaks falsely about the  Lord. He leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.

Proverbs 28:5

The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the  Lord understand everything.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land.