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Proverbs 24:7
7Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Wisdom is too lofty for fools. Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.
Context of Proverbs 24:7
5The wise prevail through great power, and those who have knowledge muster their strength. 6Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisers. Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths. 8Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer. 9The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker.
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 14:6The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
- Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
- Proverbs 17:24A discerning person keeps wisdom in view, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.
- Psalms 10:5His ways are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by him; he sneers at all his enemies.
- Psalms 92:5How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts!
- 1 Corinthians 2:14The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
- Proverbs 31:8Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
- Job 29:7“When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,
- Job 31:21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,
- Isaiah 29:21those who with a word make someone out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.
- Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.
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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