Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: in the gate can he not open his mouth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
In Context
6For by wise counsel canst thou conduct thy war; and there is help in a multitude of counsellors.
8Him that deviseth to do evil, men call a master of wicked devices.
Cross References
Job 5:4His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.
Job 31:21If I have swung my hand against the fatherless, because I saw in the gate those that would help me:
Psalms 92:5(92:6) How great are thy works, O Lord! exceedingly profound are thy thoughts.
Proverbs 15:24The path of life [leadeth] upward for the intelligent, in order that he may avoid the nether world beneath.
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither crush the afflicted in the gate;
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all fatherless children.
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 →