Devine Scripture

Proverbs 24:7

Proverbs chapter 24 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.6For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

v.7This passage

v.8He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14

    Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

  • Proverbs 17:24

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

  • Proverbs 14:6

    A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

  • Amos 5:12

    For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right.

  • Proverbs 15:24

    To the wise the way of lifegoethupward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

  • Amos 5:10

    They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.