Proverbs 24:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:6 : 6 The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
  • Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
  • Ps 92:5-6 : 5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep. 6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
  • Job 5:4 : 4 Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
  • Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place, 8 The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats; 9 The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths; 10 The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths. 11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me; 12 For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter. 13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart. 14 I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking. 16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me. 17 By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away. 18 Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number; 19 My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches, 20 My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand. 21 Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions. 22 After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts; 23 They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains. 24 I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear. 25 I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.
  • Prov 17:24 : 24 Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death. 9 Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.
  • Isa 29:21 : 21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.
  • Amos 5:10 : 10 They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:9
    80%

    9Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

    7Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Prov 17:24
    78%

    24Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 10:14
    78%

    14Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 12:23
    77%

    23A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 29:11
    77%

    11A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

  • Prov 17:28
    77%

    28Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

  • Prov 14:24
    76%

    24Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Prov 13:16
    76%

    16A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 17:16
    76%

    16How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

    2Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

    15The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Eccl 10:3
    75%

    3And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • Prov 14:3
    75%

    3In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

    5Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

  • Prov 15:14
    75%

    14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 10:8
    75%

    8The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

  • Prov 15:7
    75%

    7The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

  • Prov 15:21
    74%

    21Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
    4 verses
    74%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

    13The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.

    14The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

    15The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

  • Eccl 9:17
    74%

    17The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

  • Prov 18:2
    74%

    2A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

    7The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

  • Prov 16:22
    74%

    22Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

    5It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

    1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 1:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;

    21Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:

  • Prov 10:21
    73%

    21The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

  • Prov 10:23
    73%

    23It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

  • Prov 26:12
    72%

    12Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

  • Prov 14:16
    72%

    16The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

  • Prov 8:5
    72%

    5Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

  • Ps 92:6
    72%

    6A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

  • Prov 24:6
    72%

    6For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.

  • Prov 19:10
    72%

    10Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

  • Prov 9:13
    72%

    13The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.

  • Prov 14:18
    72%

    18Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 26:9
    71%

    9Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

  • Prov 17:7
    71%

    7Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.