SinaiProverbs 14:6
American Standard Version
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
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Proverbs 14:6 in other translations
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
Proverbs 14:6 in context
- 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.
- 6A scoffer 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.