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Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

KJV

Excelsa stulto sapientia ; in porta non aperiet os suum.

Vulgate

σοφία καὶ ἔννοια ἀγαθὴ ἐν πύλαις σοφῶν· σοφοὶ οὐκ ἐκκλίνουσιν ἐκ στόματος Κυρίου,

LXX

Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

ASV

רָאמ֣וֹת לֶֽ/אֱוִ֣יל חָכְמ֑וֹת בַּ֝/שַּׁ֗עַר לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח פִּֽי/הוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱוִ֣יל
'vyl
adjective · 26×
חָ֭כְמוֹת
chkmvt
noun · 5×
י
y
noun · 496×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
רָ֖ם
rm
verb · 189×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 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.
  • Matt 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.
  • Prov 14:6 — A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
  • Prov 28:5 — Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
  • Prov 31:23 — Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 92:6 — A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.