Verse 7
Wisdom{H2454} is too high{H7311} for a fool:{H191} He openeth{H6605} not his mouth{H6310} in the gate.{H8179}
Referenced Verses
- Prov 14:6 : 6 A scoffer{H3887} seeketh{H1245} wisdom,{H2451} and [findeth it] not; But knowledge{H1847} is easy{H7043} unto him that hath understanding.{H995}
- Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways{H1870} are firm{H2342} at all times;{H6256} Thy judgments{H4941} are far above{H4791} out of his sight: As for all his adversaries,{H6887} he puffeth{H6315} at them.
- 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 Now{G1161} the natural{G5591} man{G444} receiveth{G1209} not{G3756} the things{G3588} of the Spirit{G4151} of God:{G2316} for{G1063} they are{G2076} foolishness{G3472} unto him;{G846} and{G2532} he {G3756} cannot{G1410} know{G1097} them, because{G3754} they are spiritually{G4153} judged.{G350}
- Ps 92:5-6 : 5 How great{H1431} are thy works,{H4639} O Jehovah!{H3068} Thy thoughts{H4284} are very{H3966} deep.{H6009} 6 A brutish{H1198} man{H376} knoweth{H3045} not; Neither doth a fool{H3684} understand{H995} this:
- Job 5:4 : 4 His children{H1121} are far{H7368} from safety,{H3468} And they are crushed{H1792} in the gate,{H8179} Neither is there any to deliver{H5337} them:
- Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went forth{H3318} to the gate{H8179} unto the city,{H7176} When I prepared{H3559} my seat{H4186} in the street,{H7339} 8 The young men{H5288} saw{H7200} me and hid{H2244} themselves, And the aged{H3453} rose up{H6965} and stood;{H5975} 9 The princes{H8269} refrained{H6113} from talking,{H4405} And laid{H7760} their hand{H3709} on their mouth;{H6310} 10 The voice{H2244} of the nobles{H5057} was hushed,{H6963} And their tongue{H3956} cleaved{H1692} to the roof of their mouth.{H2441} 11 For when the ear{H241} heard{H8085} [me], then it blessed{H833} me; And when the eye{H5869} saw{H7200} [me], it gave witness{H5749} unto me: 12 Because I delivered{H4422} the poor{H6041} that cried,{H7768} The fatherless{H3490} also, that had none to help{H5826} him. 13 The blessing{H1293} of him that was ready to perish{H6} came{H935} upon me; And I caused the widow's{H490} heart{H3820} to sing for joy.{H7442} 14 I put{H3847} on righteousness,{H6664} and it clothed{H3847} me: My justice{H4941} was as a robe{H4598} and a diadem.{H6797} 15 I was eyes{H5869} to the blind,{H5787} And feet{H7272} was I to the lame.{H6455} 16 I was a father{H1} to the needy:{H34} And the cause{H7379} of him that I knew{H3045} not I searched out.{H2713} 17 And I brake{H7665} the jaws{H4973} of the unrighteous,{H5767} And plucked{H7993} the prey{H2964} out of his teeth.{H8127} 18 Then I said,{H559} I shall die{H1478} in my nest,{H7064} And I shall multiply{H7235} my days{H3117} as the sand:{H2344} 19 My root{H8328} is spread out{H6605} to the waters,{H4325} And the dew{H2919} lieth all night{H3885} upon my branch;{H7105} 20 My glory{H3519} is fresh{H2319} in me,{H5978} And my bow{H7198} is renewed{H2498} in my hand.{H3027} 21 Unto me men gave ear,{H8085} and waited,{H3176} And kept silence{H1826} for{H3926} my counsel.{H6098} 22 After{H310} my words{H1697} they spake not again;{H8138} And my speech{H4405} distilled{H5197} upon them. 23 And they waited{H3176} for me as for the rain;{H4306} And they opened{H6473} their mouth{H6310} wide [as] for the latter rain.{H4456} 24 I smiled{H7832} on them, when they had no confidence;{H539} And the light{H216} of my countenance{H6440} they cast not down.{H5307} 25 I chose{H977} out their way,{H1870} and sat{H3427} [as] chief,{H7218} And dwelt{H7931} as a king{H4428} in the army,{H1416} As one that comforteth{H5162} the mourners.{H57}
- Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up{H5130} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless,{H3490} Because I saw{H7200} my help{H5833} in the gate:{H8179}
- Prov 15:24 : 24 To the wise{H7919} the way{H734} of life{H734} [goeth] upward,{H4605} That he may depart{H5493} from Sheol{H7585} beneath.{H4295}
- Prov 17:24 : 24 Wisdom{H2451} is before the face of him that hath understanding;{H6440} But the eyes{H5869} of a fool{H3684} are in the ends{H7097} of the earth.{H776}
- Prov 22:22 : 22 Rob{H1497} not the poor,{H1800} because he is poor;{H1800} Neither oppress{H1792} the afflicted{H6041} in the gate:{H8179}
- Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Open{H6605} thy mouth{H6310} for the dumb,{H483} In the cause{H1779} of all such as are left{H1121} desolate.{H2475} 9 Open{H6605} thy mouth,{H6310} judge{H8199} righteously,{H6664} And minister{H1777} justice to the poor{H6041} and needy.{H6041}
- Isa 29:21 : 21 that make a man{H120} an offender{H2398} in [his] cause,{H1697} and lay a snare{H6983} for him that reproveth{H3198} in the gate,{H8179} and turn aside{H5186} the just{H6662} with a thing of nought.{H8414}
- Amos 5:10 : 10 They hate{H8130} him that reproveth{H3198} in the gate,{H8179} and they abhor{H8581} him that speaketh{H1696} uprightly.{H8549}
- Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know{H3045} how manifold{H7227} are your transgressions,{H6588} and how mighty{H6099} are your sins—{H2403} ye that afflict{H6887} the just,{H6662} that take{H3947} a bribe,{H3724} and that turn aside{H5186} the needy{H34} in the gate{H8179} [from their right].
- Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate{H8130} the evil,{H7451} and love{H157} the good,{H2896} and establish{H3322} justice{H4941} in the gate:{H8179} it may be that Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts,{H6635} will be gracious{H2603} unto the remnant{H7611} of Joseph.{H3130}