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Proverbs 24:7
Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 24:7 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 24:7 in other translations
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not 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 doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
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In context
4 And by knowledge shall the chambers bee filled with all precious, and pleasant riches.
5 A wise man is strong: for a man of vnderstanding encreaseth his strength.
6 For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.
7 Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
8 Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.
9 The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.
10 If thou bee faint in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small.
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