Proverbs 24:7
5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
- KJV
- Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- WEB
- Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
- ASV
- Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- DARBY
- Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.
- BLB
- Wisdom [is] high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
- ÅB
- Visdom er for høy for dåren; i byporten lukker han ikke sin munn opp.
- OTB
- Visdom er utenfor rekkevidde for dårer; ved byporten åpner de ikke munnen.
- B1930
- Visdom er for høi for dåren; i byporten lukker han ikke sin munn op.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 14:6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
Read in contextPsalms 10:5
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:14
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.
Read in contextPsalms 92:5–6
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
Read in contextAmos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Read in contextProverbs 15:24
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Read in contextJob 29:7–25
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Read in contextJob 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
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