Proverbs 14:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.”
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“A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent <FI>is<Fi> easy.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 14:6 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 119:18Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
- Psalms 119:98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
- Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
- Proverbs 8:9They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.
- Proverbs 15:12A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
- Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
- Proverbs 17:24Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
- Proverbs 18:2A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
- Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
- Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
- Jeremiah 8:9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
- Matthew 6:22The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
- Matthew 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- Romans 9:31but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
- 1 Corinthians 8:2The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
- James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
- 2 Peter 3:3Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
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