Proverbs 24:7

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Job 31:21

If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate;

Job 5:4

His sons are far from safety, They are crushed in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

Psalm 127:5

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

Proverbs 14:6

A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, But knowledge is easy to him who understands.

Proverbs 15:24

The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom, Since he has no heart for it?

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, Much less lying lips to a prince.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the Lord understand all.

Proverbs 31:23

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

Isaiah 29:21

Who make a man an offender by a word, And lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, And turn aside the just by empty words.

Isaiah 32:6

For the foolish person will speak foolishness, And his heart will work iniquity: To practice ungodliness, To utter error against the Lord, To keep the hungry unsatisfied, And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Amos 5:10

They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.

Amos 5:12

For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just and taking bribes; Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate. It may be that the Lord God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.