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Proverbs 24:7


Proverbs 24:6 Proverbs 24:7 (KJV) Proverbs 24:8
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

WisdomH2454 is too highH7311 for a foolH191: he openethH6605 not his mouthH6310 in the gateH8179.


Original Hebrew

רָאמֹות לֶאֱוִיל חָכְמֹות בַּשַּׁעַר לֹא יִפְתַּח־פִּיהוּ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
רָאמ֣וֹת
ra.Mot H7311 HVqrfpa (are) high
לֶֽ/אֱוִ֣יל
le./'e.Vil H191 HR/Aamsa for/ a fool
חָכְמ֑וֹת
cha.khe.Mot H2454 HNcfpa wisdom(s)
בַּ֝/שַּׁ֗עַר
ba./Sha.'ar H8179 HRd/Ncmsa in the/ gate
לֹ֣א
lo' H3808 HTn not
יִפְתַּח
yif.tach- H6605 HVqi3ms he opens
פִּֽי/הוּ
Pi./hu H6310 HNcmsc/Sp3ms mouth/ his
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H191 — אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl, ev-eel'): from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly; fool(-ish) (man).
  • H2454 — חׇכְמוֹת (chokmôwth, khok-moth'): or חַכְמוֹת; collateral forms of חׇכְמָה; wisdom; wisdom, every wise (woman).
  • H6310 — פֶּה (peh, peh): from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.
  • H6605 — פָּתַח (pâthach, paw-thakh'): a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve; appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
  • H7311 — רוּם (rûwm, room): a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively); bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
  • H8179 — שַׁעַר (shaʻar, shah'-ar): from שָׁעַר in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate; city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
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Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (5): Judges 14:14, Psalms 71:19, Proverbs 28:5, Proverbs 31:23, Matthew 16:18

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