Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
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Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
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Matthew Henry · Verses 7–9
A weak man thinks wisdom is too high for him, therefore he will take no pains for it. It is bad to do evil, but worse to devise it. Even the first risings of sin in the heart are sin, and must be repented of. Those that strive to make others hateful, make themselves so.
Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.
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