Proverbs 24:7
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
פֶּטֶר
peṭer
a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
Key Terms in This Verse
פֶּטֶר peṭer
a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
Study H6363 →עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Study H5945 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
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.
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
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.
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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.
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