Proverbs 24:7

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
  • Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • Ps 92:5-6 : 5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
  • Job 5:4 : 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
  • Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. 20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. 21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. 22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
  • Prov 17:24 : 24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
  • Isa 29:21 : 21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
  • Amos 5:10 : 10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    79%

    6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

    7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 17:24
    78%

    24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 10:14
    78%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Prov 12:23
    77%

    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 29:11
    77%

    11A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Prov 17:28
    77%

    28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

  • Prov 14:24
    76%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 13:16
    76%

    16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

  • Prov 17:16
    76%

    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

  • Prov 14:3
    75%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    75%

    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

  • Prov 15:21
    74%

    21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
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    74%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

    14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

    15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    74%

    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
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    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 1:20-21
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    20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

    21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

  • Prov 10:21
    73%

    21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Prov 26:12
    72%

    12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 14:16
    72%

    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

  • Prov 8:5
    72%

    5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

  • Ps 92:6
    72%

    6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

  • Prov 24:6
    72%

    6For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

  • Prov 19:10
    72%

    10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 9:13
    72%

    13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

  • Prov 14:18
    72%

    18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 26:9
    71%

    9As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 17:7
    71%

    7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.