Proverbs 24:7

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Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool;
he does not open his mouth at the gate.

Proverbs 14:6

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

Psalm 10:5

His ways are always secure;
Your lofty judgments are beyond his sight;
he scoffs at all his adversaries.

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety.
They are crushed at the city gate,
with no one to rescue them.

Job 29:7-25

When I went out to the city gate
and took my seat in the town square,

Job 31:21

if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child
when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

Psalm 92:5-6

How magnificent are Your works, Lord,
how profound Your thoughts!

Proverbs 15:24

For the discerning the path of life leads upward,
so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 22:22

Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed at the gate,

Proverbs 31:8-9

Speak up for those who have no voice,
for the justice of all who are dispossessed.

Isaiah 29:21

those who, with their speech,
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap at the gate for the mediator,
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.

Amos 5:10

They hate the one who convicts the guilty
at the city gate
and despise the one who speaks with integrity.

Amos 5:12

For I know your crimes are many
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous, take a bribe,
and deprive the poor of justice at the gates.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good;
establish justice in the gate.
Perhaps the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be gracious
to the remnant of Joseph.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the unbeliever does not welcome what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.

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Summary

Proverbs 24:7

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

Too

Openeth

General references

Proverbs 28:5

Bible References

Too

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

For the discerning the path of life leads upward,
so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.

His ways are always secure;
Your lofty judgments are beyond his sight;
he scoffs at all his adversaries.

How magnificent are Your works, Lord,
how profound Your thoughts!

But the unbeliever does not welcome what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.

Openeth

Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed at the gate,

Speak up for those who have no voice,

for the justice of all who are dispossessed.

When I went out to the city gate
and took my seat in the town square,

if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child
when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

those who, with their speech,
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap at the gate for the mediator,
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.

They hate the one who convicts the guilty
at the city gate
and despise the one who speaks with integrity.

General references

Evil men do not understand justice,
but those who seek the Lord understand everything.