Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 24:7
7Wisdom is unattainable for a fool— he does not open his mouth at 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 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 becomes even stronger. 6For with wise advice you wage war and in many counselors there is victory. Wisdom is unattainable for a fool— he does not open his mouth at the gate. 8One who plots evil will be called a schemer. 9A foolish scheme is 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 14:6A scoffer seeks wisdom yet finds none, but knowledge is easy to the discerning.
- Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise to keep him from going down to Sheol.
- Proverbs 17:24Wisdom is before the person of understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
- Psalms 10:5His ways are secure at all times. He haughtily disregards Your judgments. He snorts at all his adversaries.
- Psalms 92:5For You made me glad, Adonai, by Your deeds. I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14Now a natural man does not accept the things of the Ruach Elohim, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor person because he is poor, nor crush the needy at the gate,
- Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the justice of all who are destitute.
- Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate, and secured my seat in the public square,
- Job 31:21if I have raised my hand against the orphan, when I saw my support in the gate,
- Isaiah 29:21Those who make a man out to be guilty with a word, and trap him who reproves at the gate, and deny justice with meaninglessness.
- Amos 5:10They despise one who reproves at the gate, so they detest 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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