Proverbs 24:7

Modern King James Version

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:6

A scorner seeks wisdom, and it is not found, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are always perverted; Your judgments are high, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he puffs at them.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Amos 5:15

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate. It may be that the Lord Jehovah of Hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5:12

For I know your many transgressions and your many sins. They afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate.

Amos 5:10

They hate him who rebukes in the gate, and they despise him who speaks uprightly.

Isaiah 29:21

those who make a man guilty by a word, and lay a trap for the reprover in the gate, and turn aside the just for a worthless thing.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; nor press down the afflicted in the gate;

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is before him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 15:24

The way of life is above to the wise, so that he may turn away from hell below.

Job 31:21

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I watched over my help in the gate;

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, nor is there any to deliver them.

Psalm 127:5

Blessed is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Proverbs 17:7

An excellent lip is not fitting for a fool; much less are lying lips fitting for a prince.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, since he has no heart for it?

Isaiah 32:6

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy and to speak error against Jehovah, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will take away the drink of the thirsty.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand judgment; but those who seek Jehovah understand all things.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.