Verse 7

Wisdom{H2454} is too high{H7311}{(H8802)} for a fool{H191}: he openeth{H6605}{(H8799)} not his mouth{H6310} in the gate{H8179}.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scorner{H3887}{(H8801)} seeketh{H1245}{(H8765)} wisdom{H2451}, and findeth it not: but knowledge{H1847} is easy{H7043}{(H8738)} unto him that understandeth{H995}{(H8737)}.
  • Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways{H1870} are always{H6256} grievous{H2342}{(H8799)}; thy judgments{H4941} are far above{H4791} out of his sight: as for all his enemies{H6887}{(H8802)}, he puffeth{H6315}{(H8686)} at them.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But{G1161} the natural{G5591} man{G444} receiveth{G1209}{(G5736)} not{G3756} the things{G3588} of the Spirit{G4151} of God{G2316}: for{G1063} they are{G2076}{(G5748)} foolishness{G3472} unto him{G846}: neither{G2532}{G3756} can{G1410}{(G5736)} he know{G1097}{(G5629)} them, because{G3754} they are spiritually{G4153} discerned{G350}{(G5743)}.
  • Ps 92:5-6 : 5 O LORD{H3068}, how great{H1431}{H8804)} are thy works{H4639}! and thy thoughts{H4284} are very{H3966} deep{H6009}{H8804)}. 6 A brutish{H1198} man{H376} knoweth{H3045}{H8799)} not; neither doth a fool{H3684} understand{H995}{H8799)} this.
  • Job 5:4 : 4 His children{H1121} are far{H7368}{(H8799)} from safety{H3468}, and they are crushed{H1792}{(H8691)} in the gate{H8179}, neither is there any to deliver{H5337}{(H8688)} them.
  • Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went out{H3318}{(H8800)} to the gate{H8179} through the city{H7176}, when I prepared{H3559}{(H8686)} my seat{H4186} in the street{H7339}! 8 The young men{H5288} saw{H7200}{(H8804)} me, and hid{H2244}{(H8738)} themselves: and the aged{H3453} arose{H6965}{(H8804)}, and stood up{H5975}{(H8804)}. 9 The princes{H8269} refrained{H6113}{(H8804)} talking{H4405}, and laid{H7760}{(H8799)} their hand{H3709} on their mouth{H6310}. 10 The nobles{H5057} held{H2244}{(H8738)} their peace{H6963}, and their tongue{H3956} cleaved{H1692}{(H8804)} to the roof of their mouth{H2441}. 11 When the ear{H241} heard{H8085}{(H8804)} me, then it blessed{H833}{(H8762)} me; and when the eye{H5869} saw{H7200}{(H8804)} me, it gave witness{H5749}{(H8686)} to me: 12 Because I delivered{H4422}{(H8762)} the poor{H6041} that cried{H7768}{(H8764)}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and him that had none to help{H5826}{(H8802)} him. 13 The blessing{H1293} of him that was ready to perish{H6}{(H8802)} came{H935}{(H8799)} upon me: and I caused the widow's{H490} heart{H3820} to sing for joy{H7442}{(H8686)}. 14 I put{H3847}{(H8804)} on righteousness{H6664}, and it clothed{H3847}{(H8799)} me: my judgment{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 poor{H34}: and the cause{H7379} which I knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not I searched out{H2713}{(H8799)}. 17 And I brake{H7665}{(H8762)} the jaws{H4973} of the wicked{H5767}, and plucked{H7993}{(H8686)} the spoil{H2964} out of his teeth{H8127}. 18 Then I said{H559}{(H8799)}, I shall die{H1478}{(H8799)} in my nest{H7064}, and I shall multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} my days{H3117} as the sand{H2344}. 19 My root{H8328} was spread out{H6605}{(H8803)} by the waters{H4325}, and the dew{H2919} lay all night{H3885}{(H8799)} upon my branch{H7105}. 20 My glory{H3519} was fresh{H2319} in me{H5978}, and my bow{H7198} was renewed{H2498}{(H8686)} in my hand{H3027}. 21 Unto me men gave ear{H8085}{(H8804)}, and waited{H3176}{(H8765)}, and kept silence{H1826}{(H8799)} at{H3926} my counsel{H6098}. 22 After{H310} my words{H1697} they spake not again{H8138}{(H8799)}; and my speech{H4405} dropped{H5197}{(H8799)} upon them. 23 And they waited{H3176}{(H8765)} for me as for the rain{H4306}; and they opened{H6473}{(H8804)} their mouth{H6310} wide as for the latter rain{H4456}. 24 If I laughed{H7832}{(H8799)} on them, they believed{H539}{(H8686)} it not; and the light{H216} of my countenance{H6440} they cast not down{H5307}{(H8686)}. 25 I chose{H977}{(H8799)} out their way{H1870}, and sat{H3427}{(H8799)} chief{H7218}, and dwelt{H7931}{(H8799)} as a king{H4428} in the army{H1416}, as one that comforteth{H5162}{(H8762)} the mourners{H57}.
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up{H5130}{(H8689)} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless{H3490}, when I saw{H7200}{(H8799)} my help{H5833} in the gate{H8179}:
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 The way{H734} of life{H2416} is above{H4605} to the wise{H7919}{(H8688)}, that he may depart{H5493}{(H8800)} from hell{H7585} beneath{H4295}.
  • Prov 17:24 : 24 Wisdom{H2451} is before him that hath understanding{H6440}{H995}{(H8688)}; but the eyes{H5869} of a fool{H3684} are in the ends{H7097} of the earth{H776}.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Rob{H1497}{(H8799)} not the poor{H1800}, because he is poor{H1800}: neither oppress{H1792}{(H8762)} the afflicted{H6041} in the gate{H8179}:
  • Prov 31:8-9 : 8 Open{H6605}{(H8798)} thy mouth{H6310} for the dumb{H483} in the cause{H1779} of all such as are appointed{H1121} to destruction{H2475}. 9 Open{H6605}{(H8798)} thy mouth{H6310}, judge{H8199}{(H8798)} righteously{H6664}, and plead{H1777}{(H8798)} the cause of the poor{H6041} and needy{H34}.
  • Isa 29:21 : 21 That make a man{H120} an offender{H2398}{(H8688)} for a word{H1697}, and lay a snare{H6983}{(H8799)} for him that reproveth{H3198}{(H8688)} in the gate{H8179}, and turn aside{H5186}{(H8686)} the just{H6662} for a thing of nought{H8414}.
  • Amos 5:10 : 10 They hate{H8130}{(H8804)} him that rebuketh{H3198}{(H8688)} in the gate{H8179}, and they abhor{H8581}{(H8762)} him that speaketh{H1696}{(H8802)} uprightly{H8549}.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know{H3045}{(H8804)} your manifold{H7227} transgressions{H6588} and your mighty{H6099} sins{H2403}: they afflict{H6887}{(H8802)} the just{H6662}, they take{H3947}{(H8802)} a bribe{H3724}, and they turn aside{H5186}{(H8689)} the poor{H34} in the gate{H8179} from their right.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate{H8130}{(H8798)} the evil{H7451}, and love{H157}{(H8798)} the good{H2896}, and establish{H3322}{(H8685)} judgment{H4941} in the gate{H8179}: it may be that the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of hosts{H6635} will be gracious{H2603}{(H8799)} unto the remnant{H7611} of Joseph{H3130}.