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7Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 24:7

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 7-9)

Here is the description, 1. Of a weak man: Wisdom is too high for him; he thinks it so, and therefore, despairing to attain it, he will take no pains in the pursuit of it, but sit down content without it. And really it is so; he has not capacity for it, and therefore the advantages he has for getting it are all in vain to him. It is no easy thing to get wisdom; those that have natural parts good e...

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