Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: He doesn't open his mouth in the gate.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 14:6 : 6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, But knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
- Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways are prosperous at all times; He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight: As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
- 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Ps 92:5-6 : 5 How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep. 6 A senseless man doesn't know, Neither does a fool understand this:
- Job 5:4 : 4 His children are far from safety, They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
- Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went forth to the city gate, When I prepared my seat in the street, 8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, The aged rose up and stood; 9 The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; 10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. 11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me: 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, And feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out. 17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. 18 Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand. 19 My root is spread out to the waters, The dew lies all night on my branch; 20 My glory is fresh in me, My bow is renewed in my hand.' 21 "Men listened to me, waited, And kept silence for my counsel. 22 After my words they didn't speak again; My speech fell on them. 23 They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain. 24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face. 25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, As one who comforts the mourners.
- Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
- Prov 15:24 : 24 The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.
- Prov 17:24 : 24 Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
- Prov 22:22 : 22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; And don't crush the needy in court;
- Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Open your mouth for the mute, In the cause of all who are left desolate. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, And serve justice to the poor and needy."
- Isa 29:21 : 21 that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.
- Amos 5:10 : 10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
- Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know how many your offenses, And how great are your sins-- You who afflict the just, Who take a bribe, And who turn aside the needy in the courts.
- Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."
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9 Don't speak in the ears of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- Prov 14:6-83 verses79%
6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, But knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
7 Stay away from a foolish man, For you won't find knowledge on his lips.
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, But the folly of fools is deceit.
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24 Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
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14 Wise men lay up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
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33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, And is even made known in the inward part of fools.
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23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, But the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
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11 A fool vents all of his anger, But a wise man brings himself under control.
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28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches, But the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
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16 Every prudent man acts from knowledge, But a fool exposes folly.
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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he has no understanding?
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2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, But the mouth of fools gush out folly.
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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who is wise listens to counsel.
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3 Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
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3 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, But the lips of the wise protect them.
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4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouths of fools feed on folly.
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8 The wise in heart accept commandments, But a chattering fool will fall.
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7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; Not so with the heart of fools.
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21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, But a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
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12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14 A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
15 The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.
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17 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.
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2 A fool has no delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own opinion.
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6 A fool's lips come into strife, And his mouth invites beatings.
7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are a snare to his soul.
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22 Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, But the punishment of fools is their folly.
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4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
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20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
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21 The lips of the righteous feed many, But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
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23 It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, But wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.
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12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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16 A wise man fears, and shuns evil, But the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
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5 You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.
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6 A senseless man doesn't know, Neither does a fool understand this:
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19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."
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6 For by wise guidance you wage your war; And victory is in many advisors.
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10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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13 The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.
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18 The simple inherit folly, But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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9 Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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7 Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, Much less do lying lips fit a prince.