Proverbs 24:7
Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
In Context
8Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.
Cross References
Job 5:4His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliuer them.
Job 31:21If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
Psalms 92:5O Lord, how glorious are thy workes! and thy thoughtes are very deepe.
Proverbs 15:24The way of life is on high to the prudent, to auoyde from hell beneath.
Proverbs 22:22Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.
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 →