Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 14:6
6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
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 uttereth lies. A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding. 7Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shalt not perceive 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 only that his heart may reveal 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, surely there is no morning for them.
- Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
- Matthew 6:22The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
- Matthew 11:25At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:
- Romans 1:21because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
- Romans 9:31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
- 1 Corinthians 8:2If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
- 2 Peter 3:3knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, 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 the face of 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 13:11And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
- James 1:5But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all 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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