OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 24:7

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Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.

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Verse 7. High. Thus the fool excuses himself. But wisdom condescends to our weakness, if we be truly in earnest. Deuteronomy 32:12. Mouth. To defend himself, or to give advice. Calmet.

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