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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.
A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it, but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.
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 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 hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. So he gave unto him a tenth of all.
And the messenger of Yahweh b found her by the fountain of water in the desert, - by the fountain in the way to Shur.
And he dwelt in the desert of Paran, - and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir, Esau, is Edom.
and the sons of Israel set forward by their removals from the desert of Sinai, and then the cloud abode in the desert of Paran.
Then afterwards, did the people set forward from Hazeroth, and encamped in the desert of Paran.
So then Moses sent them out of the desert of Paran, at the bidding of Yahweh, - all of them, great men, heads of the seas of Israel, were they.
And in Seir, dwelt the Horim aforetime, but, the sons of Esau, dispossessed them, and destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead, - as did Israel unto the land of his own possession, which Yahweh had given unto them.
GOD, from Teman, cometh in, and, the Holy One, from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendour, hath covered the heavens, and, his praise, hath filled the earth:
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.
