Proverbs 24:7

New Century Version

Foolish people cannot understand wisdom. They have nothing to say in a discussion.

Cross References

Job 31:21

I have never hurt an orphan even when I knew I could win in court.

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety and are crushed in court with no defense.

Psalm 10:5

They always succeed. They are far from keeping your laws; they make fun of their enemies.

Psalm 127:5

Happy is the man who has his bag full of arrows. They will not be defeated when they fight their enemies at the city gate.

Proverbs 14:6

Those who make fun of wisdom look for it and do not find it, but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

Proverbs 15:24

Wise people’s lives get better and better. They avoid whatever would cause their death.

Proverbs 17:16

It won’t do a fool any good to try to buy wisdom, because he doesn’t have the ability to be wise.

Proverbs 17:24

The person with understanding is always looking for wisdom, but the mind of a fool wanders everywhere.

Proverbs 17:7

Fools should not be proud, and rulers should not be liars.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not abuse poor people because they are poor, and do not take away the rights of the needy in court.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil people do not understand justice, but those who follow the Lord understand it completely.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known at the city meetings, where he makes decisions as one of the leaders of the land.

Isaiah 29:21

those who lie about others in court, those who trap people in court, those who lie and take justice from innocent people in court.

Isaiah 32:6

A fool says foolish things, and in his mind he plans evil. A fool does things that are wicked, and he says wrong things about the Lord. A fool does not feed the hungry or let thirsty people drink water.

Amos 5:10

You hate those who speak in court against evil, and you can’t stand those who tell the truth.

Amos 5:12

I know your many crimes, your terrible sins. You hurt people who do right, you take money to do wrong, and you keep the poor from getting justice in court.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good; be fair in the courts. Maybe the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind to the people of Joseph who are left alive.

1 Corinthians 2:14

A person who does not have the Spirit does not accept the truths that come from the Spirit of God. That person thinks they are foolish and cannot understand them, because they can only be judged to be true by the Spirit.