Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
In Context
6Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.
8He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool.
Cross References
Job 5:4His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
Psalms 92:5For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: and in the works of thy hands I shall rejoice.
Proverbs 15:24The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.
Proverbs 22:22Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:4-7
3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. We are tempted to envy those that grow rich, and raise their estates and families, by such unjust courses as our consciences will by no means suffer us to use. But, to set aside that… Read the whole commentary →