Spreuken 24:7

7 Alle wijsheid is voor den dwaze te hoog; hij zal in de poort zijn mond niet opendoen.

Spreuken 24:7 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 24:7

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 least it seems so to himself, and therefore will not take any pains, or make use of any means, to obtain it; as the knowledge of human laws; of medicine, of philosophy, of languages, or of any of the liberal arts and sciences; or he has not really a capacity for it. This is more especially true of spiritual wisdom, or of the knowledge of divine things in a spiritual way; or of the things Of the Spirit of God, which a natural man cannot know, because they are spiritually discerned; it is God only makes men to know this kind of wisdom in the hidden part, ( 1 Corinthians 2:14 ) ( Psalms 51:6 ) ; for as a "fool" here denotes a wicked man, let his natural parts be what they will; so wisdom spiritual knowledge, and experience of divine things, which is too high for an unregenerate man to reach; see a like phrase in ( Psalms 139:6 ) ; he openeth not his mouth in the gate;
he is not qualified far it; and if he has any knowledge of himself, he will not venture to speak in a public assembly, in the house of parliament, in a court of judicature, or in the company of men of knowledge and sense; and indeed it is his highest wisdom to keep silence, and not betray his ignorance: and so with regard to spiritual things; a man that wisdom is too high for, and he has no share of it, shall not or ought not to open his mouth where Wisdom cries; even in the gates of the cities, or in the public assemblies of the saints, ( Proverbs 1:21 ) ( 8:3 ) .

Spreuken 24:7 In-Context

5 Een wijs man is sterk; en een man van wetenschap maakt de kracht vast.

6 Want door wijze raadslagen zult gij voor u den krijg voeren, en in de veelheid der raadgevers is de overwinning.

7 Alle wijsheid is voor den dwaze te hoog; hij zal in de poort zijn mond niet opendoen.

8 Die denkt om kwaad te doen, dien zal men een meester van schandelijke verdichtselen noemen.

9 De gedachte der dwaasheid is zonde; en een spotter is den mens een gruwel.