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Proverbs 14:6
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A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, But knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, But knowledge is easy for one who has understanding.
Those who make fun of wisdom look for it and do not find it, but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.
The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none [for his ears are closed to wisdom], But knowledge is easy for one who understands [because he is willing to learn].
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, But knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
Make fun of wisdom, and you will never find it. But if you have understanding, knowledge comes easily.
A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge comes easily to someone with discernment.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none [for him]; but knowledge is easy unto the intelligent.
Anyone who makes fun of wisdom will never find it, but knowledge comes easily to those who understand its value.
An evil man seeks wisdom, and finds it not; but knowledge is easy to a man of understanding.
Conceited people can never become wise, but intelligent people learn easily.
A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none, but knowledge comes easily to him who understands.
A scorner seeks wisdom, but finds it not, yet knowledge is swift to the discerning.
A scornefull body seketh wy?dome, & fyndeth it not: but knowlege is easy to come by, vnto him that wil vnderstonde.
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.
A scorner seeketh wisedome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto him that vnderstandeth.
A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.
Thou shalt seek wisdom with bad men, and shalt not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
A scornere sekith wisdom, and he fyndith not; the teching of prudent men is esy.
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and it is not [found]; But knowledge is easy to him that has understanding.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy to him that understandeth.
A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, But knowledge is easy to him who understands.
One who laughs at the truth looks for wisdom and does not find it, but much learning is easy to him who has understanding.
A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for one who understands.
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and there is none, but, knowledge, to the discerning, is easy.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.
A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.
Cynics look high and low for wisdom—and never find it; the open-minded find it right on their doorstep!
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
scorner: Proverbs 18:2, Proverbs 26:12, Isaiah 8:20, Jeremiah 8:9, Matthew 6:22, Matthew 6:23, Matthew 11:25-27, Romans 1:21-28, Romans 9:31, Romans 9:32, 1 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Corinthians 3:19, 1 Corinthians 8:2, 2 Peter 3:3-5
knowledge: Proverbs 8:9, Proverbs 17:24, Psalms 119:18, Psalms 119:98-100, Matthew 13:11, Matthew 13:12, James 1:5
Reciprocal: Proverbs 1:22 - the scorners Proverbs 13:1 - but Proverbs 17:16 - seeing Proverbs 24:7 - too Amos 8:12 - shall run Luke 13:24 - for 1 Corinthians 2:14 - neither 2 Timothy 3:7 - learning
Cross-References
And blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered.
The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.
and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.
So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.
So the Israelites set out from the wilderness of Sinai and traveled on from place to place until the cloud stopped in the wilderness of Paran.
Then they left Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He sent out twelve men, all tribal leaders of Israel, from their camp in the wilderness of Paran.
In earlier times the Horites had lived in Seir, but they were driven out and displaced by the descendants of Esau, just as Israel drove out the people of Canaan when the Lord gave Israel their land.)
I see God moving across the deserts from Edom, the Holy One coming from Mount Paran. His brilliant splendor fills the heavens, and the earth is filled with his praise.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not,.... So the scornful Greeks, that scoffed at the plainness and simplicity of the Gospel, sought natural wisdom, and thought they found it, and professed they had; but professing themselves to be wise they became fools, and with all their wisdom knew not God; and false teachers, that boasted of their evangelical wisdom, and of their great attainments in Gospel light, and derided others, were ever learning, and never came to the knowledge of the truth; and the scornful Jews, that mocked at the true Messiah, would seek him, the Wisdom of God, as they have done, and find him not; see John 7:34; Men often seek for wisdom in a wrong way and manner, in the use of wrong means; and seek it of wrong persons, and to wrong ends and purposes, and so seek amiss and find not; and some seek for wisdom, even evangelical wisdom, in a scornful manner, in a jeering sarcastic way, as the scoffing Athenians did, Acts 17:18; and find it not, nor Christ the substance of it, and so perish for lack of knowledge of him;
but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth; the knowledge of Wisdom, or of Christ, is easy to him that has a spiritual understanding given him; the knowledge of the Gospel, and the doctrines of it, is easy to him to whom it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; there is nothing perverse or froward in the words and doctrines of Christ; they are all plain to man whose understanding is opened by the Spirit of God; especially such as relate to the glory of Christ's person, and to the way of life and salvation by him; see Proverbs 8:8.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Findeth it not - literally, there is none. The successful pursuit of wisdom presupposes at least earnestness and reverence. The scoffer shuts himself out from the capacity of recognizing truth.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 14:6. A scorner seeketh wisdom — I believe the scorner means, in this book, the man that despises the counsel of God; the infidel. Such may seek wisdom; but he never can find it, because he does not seek it where it is to be found; neither in the teaching of God's Spirit, nor in the revelation of his will.
