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 seeks wisdom and does not find it. Knowledge is easy to him who discerns.
Proverbs 15:24
The way of life leads upward for the wise. That he may depart from the grave beneath.
Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is near the one who understands. But the eyes of a fool are far away at the ends of the earth.
Psalm 10:5
He always succeeds at what he does. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He scoffs at all his opponents.
Psalm 92:5
How great (spectacular) (excellent) are your works, O Jehovah! How very deep are your thoughts!
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God. They are foolishness to him! He cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Openeth
Proverbs 22:22
Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.
Proverbs 31:8
Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all who are appointed to destruction.
Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square,
Job 31:21
if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate;
Isaiah 29:21
God will destroy those who slander others. He will destroy those who prevent the punishment of criminals and those who tell lies to keep honest people from getting justice.
Amos 5:10
You hate the one who reproves in the gate, and abhor him who speaks the truth (with integrity).
General references
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men do not understand justice. Those who seek Jehovah understand all things.