Proverbs 24:7 “Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeti…”

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

World English Bible

Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.

American Standard Version

Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.

Darby Translation

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.

Young's Literal Translation

Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.

Bible in Basic English

Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

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Cross references

“too”

Proverbs 14:6 Psalm 10:5 1 Corinthians 2:14 Proverbs 15:24 Proverbs 17:24 Psalm 92:5

Proverbs 14:6 · BSB

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

Psalm 10:5 · BSB

He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.

1 Corinthians 2:14 · BSB

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Proverbs 15:24 · BSB

The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

Proverbs 17:24 · BSB

Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

Psalm 92:5 · BSB

How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

“openeth”

Proverbs 22:22 Job 29:7–25 Job 31:21 Isaiah 29:21 Amos 5:10 Amos 5:12

Proverbs 22:22 · BSB

Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

Job 29:7–25 · BSB

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

Job 31:21 · BSB

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

Isaiah 29:21 · BSB

those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

Amos 5:10 · BSB

There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

Amos 5:12 · BSB

For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

Also

Job 5:4

Job 5:4 · BSB

His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.

8He who plots evil will be called a schemer.

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