Proverbs 24:7

Learning From Your Father

⁶ For by wise guidance you will wage war,
And in abundance of counselors there is victory.
⁷ Wisdom is too exalted for a fool,
He does not open his mouth in the gate.
⁸ One who plans to do evil,
Men will call a schemer.

Foolish Man

Proverbs 14:6

A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,
But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

Psalm 10:5

His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.

Job 5:4

“His sons are far from safety,
They are even oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.

Job 29:7-25

“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat in the square,

Job 31:21

If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw I had support in the gate,

Psalm 92:5-6

How great are Your works, O Lord!
Your thoughts are very deep.

Proverbs 15:24

The path of life leads upward for the wise
That he may keep away from Sheol below.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding,
But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Or crush the afflicted at the gate;

Proverbs 31:8-9

Open your mouth for the mute,
For the rights of all the unfortunate.

Isaiah 29:21

Who cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate,
And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.

Amos 5:10

They hate him who reproves in the gate,
And they abhor him who speaks with integrity.

Amos 5:12

For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who distress the righteous and accept bribes
And turn aside the poor in the gate.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil, love good,
And establish justice in the gate!
Perhaps the Lord God of hosts
May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.