Revised Literal Translation
Proverbs 14:6
6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
Proverbs 14:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
- New International Version (NIV)The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, But knowledge is easy to him who understands.
Context of Proverbs 14:6
4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. 5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. 7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
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בִּקֶּשׁ־לֵ֣ץ חָכְמָ֣ה וָאָ֑יִן וְדַ֖עַת לְנָב֣וֹן נָקָֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 14:6
- Proverbs 18:2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
- Proverbs 26:12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
- Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
- Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Yhwh; and what wisdom is in them?
- Matthew 6:22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
- Romans 1:21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
- Romans 9:31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
- 1 Corinthians 8:2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
- 2 Peter 3:3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
- Proverbs 8:9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
- Proverbs 17:24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
- Psalms 119:18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
- Matthew 13:11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
- James 1:5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Commentaries on Proverbs 14:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6A 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Findeth 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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6Verse 6 A scorner treats Divine things with contempt. He that feels his ignorance and unworthiness will search the Scriptures in a humble spirit.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. An humble, teachable spirit succeeds in seeking (Pr 8:9; Joh 7:17; Jas 1:5, 6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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