Proverbs 24:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
  • Ps 10:5 : 5 His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the naturall man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can hee knowe them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Ps 92:5-6 : 5 O Lord, how glorious are thy workes! and thy thoughtes are very deepe. 6 An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,
  • Job 5:4 : 4 His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, & none shall deliuer them.
  • Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete. 8 The yong men saw me, & hid themselues, and the aged arose, and stood vp. 9 The princes stayed talke, and layde their hand on their mouth. 10 The voyce of princes was hidde, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth. 11 And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me. 12 For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce. 14 I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne. 15 I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame. 16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently. 17 I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth. 18 Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand. 19 For my roote is spread out by the water, and the dewe shall lye vpon my branche. 20 My glory shall renue towarde me, and my bowe shall be restored in mine hand. 21 Vnto me men gaue eare, and wayted, and helde their tongue at my counsell. 22 After my wordes they replied not, and my talke dropped vpon them. 23 And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne. 24 If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall. 25 I appoynted out their way, and did sit as chiefe, and dwelt as a King in the army, and like him that comforteth the mourners.
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 The way of life is on high to the prudent, to auoyde from hell beneath.
  • Prov 17:24 : 24 Wisdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the corners of the world.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction. 9 Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.
  • Isa 29:21 : 21 Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.
  • Amos 5:10 : 10 They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may bee that the Lorde God of hostes will be mercifull vnto the remnant of Ioseph.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

    7Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

  • Prov 17:24
    78%

    24Wisdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the corners of the world.

  • Prov 10:14
    78%

    14Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Prov 12:23
    77%

    23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

  • Prov 29:11
    77%

    11A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

  • Prov 17:28
    77%

    28Euen a foole (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and hee that stoppeth his lips, prudent.

  • Prov 14:24
    76%

    24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • Prov 13:16
    76%

    16Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

  • Prov 17:16
    76%

    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

    2The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

    15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

  • Eccl 10:3
    75%

    3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • Prov 14:3
    75%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

  • Prov 15:14
    75%

    14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

  • Prov 10:8
    75%

    8The wise in heart will receiue commandements: but the foolish in talke shalbe beaten.

  • Prov 15:7
    75%

    7The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.

  • Prov 15:21
    74%

    21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
    4 verses
    74%

    12The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.

    13The beginning of the wordes of his mouth is foolishnesse, and the latter ende of his mouth is wicked madnesse.

    14For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?

    15The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.

  • Eccl 9:17
    74%

    17The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.

  • Prov 16:22
    74%

    22Vnderstading is welspring of life vnto them that haue it: and the instruction of fooles is folly.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4(7:6) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.

    5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

    1Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • Prov 1:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.

    21She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,

  • Prov 10:21
    73%

    21The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.

  • Prov 10:23
    73%

    23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

  • Prov 26:12
    72%

    12Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.

  • Prov 14:16
    72%

    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.

  • Prov 8:5
    72%

    5O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.

  • Ps 92:6
    72%

    6An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

    19For the wisdome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse.

  • Prov 24:6
    72%

    6For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.

  • Prov 19:10
    72%

    10Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

  • Prov 9:13
    72%

    13A foolish woman is troublesome: she is ignorant, and knoweth nothing.

  • Prov 14:18
    72%

    18The foolish do inherite follie: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 26:9
    71%

    9As a thorne standing vp in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.

  • Prov 17:7
    71%

    7Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.