Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 24:7
7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
Proverbs 24:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- New International Version (NIV)Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate.
Context of Proverbs 24:7
5A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength. 6Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors. Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place. 8He who plots evil will be called a schemer. 9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:7 word by word
רָאמ֣וֹת לֶֽאֱוִ֣יל חָכְמ֑וֹת בַּ֝שַּׁ֗עַר לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:7
- Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
- Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
- Proverbs 17:24Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
- Psalms 10:5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
- Psalms 92:5How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
- 1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
- Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
- Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
- Isaiah 29:21those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
- Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7A fool - openeth not his mouth in the gate - Is not put into public offices of trust and responsibility.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7In the gate - Compare the Proverbs 22:22 note.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 A weak man thinks wisdom is too high for him, therefore he will take no pains for it. It is bad to do evil, but worse to devise it. Even the first risings of sin in the heart are sin, and must be repented of. Those that strive to make others hateful, make themselves so.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Saying 22: Leaders need to be wise (see Proverbs 8:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. (Compare Pr 14:16). in the gate--(Compare Pr 22:22).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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