Proverbs 24:7

The Message

Wise conversation is way over the head of fools; in a serious discussion they haven’t a clue.

Cross References

Job 31:21

“If I’ve ever used my strength and influence to take advantage of the unfortunate, Go ahead, break both my arms, cut off all my fingers! The fear of God has kept me from these things— how else could I ever face him?

Psalm 10:5

They care nothing for what you think; if you get in their way, they blow you off. They live (they think) a charmed life: “We can’t go wrong. This is our lucky year!”

Proverbs 14:6

Cynics look high and low for wisdom—and never find it; the open-minded find it right on their doorstep!

Proverbs 15:24

Life ascends to the heights for the thoughtful— it’s a clean about-face from descent into hell.

Proverbs 17:16

What’s this? Fools out shopping for wisdom! They wouldn’t recognize it if they saw it!

Proverbs 17:24

The perceptive find wisdom in their own front yard; fools look for it everywhere but right here.

Proverbs 17:7

We don’t expect eloquence from fools, nor do we expect lies from our leaders.

Proverbs 22:22

Don’t walk on the poor just because they’re poor, and don’t use your position to crush the weak, Because God will come to their defense; the life you took, he’ll take from you and give back to them.

Proverbs 28:5

Justice makes no sense to the evilminded; those who seek God know it inside and out.

Amos 5:10

People hate this kind of talk. Raw truth is never popular. But here it is, bluntly spoken: Because you run roughshod over the poor and take the bread right out of their mouths, You’re never going to move into the luxury homes you have built. You’re never going to drink wine from the expensive vineyards you’ve planted. I know precisely the extent of your violations, the enormity of your sins. Appalling! You bully right-living people, taking bribes right and left and kicking the poor when they’re down.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, then work it out in the public square. Maybe God, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies, will notice your remnant and be gracious.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The unspiritual self, just as it is by nature, can’t receive the gifts of God’s Spirit. There’s no capacity for them. They seem like so much silliness. Spirit can be known only by spirit—God’s Spirit and our spirits in open communion. Spiritually alive, we have access to everything God’s Spirit is doing, and can’t be judged by unspiritual critics. Isaiah’s question, “Is there anyone around who knows God’s Spirit, anyone who knows what he is doing?” has been answered: Christ knows, and we have Christ’s Spirit. * * *