Proverbs 24:7

In the gate - Compare the Proverbs 22:22 note.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:7

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the (a) gate. (a) In the place where wisdom should be shown.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 24:7 a. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made of an ob...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Wisdom. Hebrew, plural. true wisdom. See notes on Proverbs 1:20 ; Proverbs 9:1 . and Compare Proverbs 14:1 . is too high . seems to be, or is...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. A fool - openeth not his mouth in the gate - Is not put into public offices of...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. Wisdom is too high for a fool - to attain unto. The difficulty lies not...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

When put on his trial 'in the gate' of the city, where public business was usually transacted, he has nothing to say ( Matthew 22:12 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wisdom is too high for a fool. — For “wisdom” (literally, wisdoms ) , comp. note on Proverbs 1:20 . He has been too self-willed to learn; so whi...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perpe...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Through...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wisdom [is] too high for a fool ,.... It is out of his reach, he cannot attain it; natural wisdom, or the knowledge of many things in nature; at lea...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. Ver. 7. Wisdom is too hard for a fool. ] Heb., Too high; his pericranium...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wisdom is too high for a fool For a wicked man, whose sins enfeeble his mind, and make it incapable of wisdom. Or, he judges it too difficult for h...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wisdom is too high for a fool; either, 1. Really, it is above his reach or capacity. Or, 2. In his opinion; he judgeth it too hard for him, he...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:7 . Wisdom is too high, etc. Delitzsch here reads, Wisdom seems to the fool to be an ornamental commodity , and thi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:1 . Be not envious against evil men. Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1 ; Psalms 73 ; Proverbs 17:1 . Why should we envy the wic...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. Be not thou envious against evil men (see on Proverbs 23...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 7. Wisdom is too high, altogether unattainable, for a fool; he openeth not his mouth in the gate, he cannot be consulted by the leading men of...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:14 ; Amos 5:10 ; Amos 5:12 ; Amos 5:15 ; Isaiah 29:21 ; Job 29:7-25 ; Job 31:21 ; Proverbs 14:6 ; Proverbs 15:24 ; Proverbs...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A fool — For a wicked man, whose sins enfeeble his mind, and make it incapable of wisdom. Openeth not — He knows not how to speak acceptably, and p...

⁷ Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:7

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 24:7