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 mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
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.
Psalm 10:5
His ways are always secure;
Your lofty judgments are beyond his sight;
he scoffs at all his adversaries.
Psalm 92:5
How magnificent are Your works, Lord,
how profound Your thoughts!
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.

Openeth

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
Speak up for those who have no voice,
for the justice of all who are dispossessed.
Job 29:7
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,
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.

General references

Proverbs 28:5
Evil men do not understand justice,
but those who seek the Lord understand everything.

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