Proverbs 24:7

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Wisdom [is] high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

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

JPS

Wisdom is as unattainable to a fool as corals; he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

LXXE

Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: the wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord,

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Original-language editions

WLC

רָאמ֣וֹת לֶֽאֱוִ֣יל חָכְמ֑וֹת בַּ֝שַּׁ֗עַר לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיהוּ׃

LXX-Br

Σοφία καὶ ἔννοια ἀγαθὴ ἐν πύλαις σοφῶν· σοφοὶ οὐκ ἐκκλίνουσιν ἐκ στόματος Κυρίου,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
• Psalms 10:5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
• 1 Corinthians 2:14The 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.
• Psalms 92:5–6How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts! A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
• Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
• Isaiah 29:21those 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 5:12For 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.
• Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
• Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
• Job 29:7–25When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square, the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet. The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their…
• Proverbs 31:8–9Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
• Proverbs 17:24Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
• Job 5:4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
• Amos 5:15Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
• Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

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