Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
General references
Bible References
Too
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
Proverbs 15:24
To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
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.
Psalm 10:5
His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
Psalm 92:5
How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.
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.
Openeth
Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs 31:8
Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.
Job 29:7
When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
Job 31:21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
Isaiah 29:21
that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.
Amos 5:10
They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
General references
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.