THEOSISProverbs 24:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he shall not open his mouth.
רָאמ֣וֹת לֶֽאֱוִ֣יל חָכְמ֑וֹת בַּ֝שַּׁ֗עַר לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיהוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 14:6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.
- Ps 10 (9):5
- Amos 5:15Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
- Amos 5:10They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.
- Amos 5:12Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sins: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate.
- Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
- Job 5:4His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
- Ps 92 (91):5