Proverbs 24:7
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 24
“Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.”Proverbs 24:7
What Does Proverbs 24:7 Mean?
Proverbs 24:7 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 24, verse 7 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Wisdom.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 24:7 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 16:18“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”Psalms 92:6“A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.”Proverbs 14:6“A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.”Proverbs 28:5“Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.”Psalms 10:5“His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.”1 Corinthians 2:14“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”Psalms 92:5“O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.”Proverbs 31:23“Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.”Job 5:4“His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.”Job 29:7“When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!”Job 31:21“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:”Psalms 71:19“Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!”Proverbs 15:24“The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.”Proverbs 17:24“Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.”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 appointed to destruction.”Isaiah 29:21“That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.”Amos 5:10“They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.”Amos 5:12“For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.”Amos 5:15“Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.”
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