Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he opens not his mouth in the gate.
Updated King James Version
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 you shall make your war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
8He that devises to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Cross References
Job 5:4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Psalms 92:5O LORD, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.
Proverbs 15:24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to 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 →