Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
In Context
6For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
8Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.
Cross References
Job 5:4Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
Job 31:21If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,
Psalms 92:5How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.
Proverbs 15:24A path of life [is] on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor because he [is] poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.
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 →