New King James Version
Proverbs 24:7
7Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the 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 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
5A wise man is strong, Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength; 6For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety. Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate. 8He who plots to do evil Will be called a schemer. 9The devising of foolishness is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
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 scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, But knowledge is easy to him who understands.
- Proverbs 15:24The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below.
- Proverbs 17:24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
- Psalms 10:5His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
- Psalms 92:5O Lord, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14But 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.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
- Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die.
- Job 29:7“When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square,
- Job 31:21If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate;
- Isaiah 29:21Who 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.
- Amos 5:10They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
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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