Proverbs 24:7 · KJV
“Wisdom {is} too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.”
— Proverbs 24:7
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors {there is} safety.
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Proverbs 24 — Context
A wise man {is} strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. {is strong: Heb. is in strength} {increaseth...: Heb. strengtheneth might}
6For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors {there is} safety.
7Wisdom {is} too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
9The thought of foolishness {is} sin: and the scorner {is} an abomination to men.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and {findeth it} not: but knowledge {is} easy unto him that understandeth.
Psalms 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.
1 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.
Psalms 92:5-6
O LORD, how great are thy works! {and} thy thoughts are very deep.
Isaiah 29:21
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.
Job 29:7-25
When I went out to the gate through the city, {when} I prepared my seat in the street!
Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Proverbs 31:8-9
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. {such...: Heb. the sons of destruction}