Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 24:7
7Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.
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 warrior is better than a strong one, and a man of knowledge than one of strength; 6for you should wage war with sound guidance — victory comes with many counselors. Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate. 8The one who plots evil will be called a schemer. 9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to people.
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:7 word by word
רָאמ֣וֹת לֶֽאֱוִ֣יל חָכְמ֑וֹת בַּ֝שַּׁ֗עַר לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:7
- Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
- Proverbs 15:24For the prudent the path of life leads upward, so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
- Proverbs 17:24Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.
- Psalms 10:5His ways are always secure; your lofty judgments have no effect on him; he scoffs at all his adversaries.
- Psalms 92:5How magnificent are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts!
- 1 Corinthians 2:14But the person without the Spirit does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.
- Proverbs 22:22Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor, and don’t crush the oppressed at the city gate,
- Proverbs 31:8Speak up for those who have no voice, for the justice of all who are dispossessed.
- Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town square,
- Job 31:21if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate,
- Isaiah 29:21those who, with their speech, accuse a person of wrongdoing, who set a trap for the one mediating at the city gate and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.
- Amos 5:10They hate the one who convicts the guilty at the city gate, and they despise the one 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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