Proverbs 14:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for one who understands. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A scoffer seeks Wisdom in vain [for his very attitude blinds and deafens him to it], but knowledge is easy to him who [being teachable] understands. American Standard Version (1901) A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding. Common English Bible A mocker searches for wisdom and gets none, but knowledge comes quickly to the intelligent. Catholic Public Domain Version A mocker seeks wisdom and does not find it. The doctrine of the prudent is accessible. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy. |
let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning and the discerning acquire skill,
Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not find words of knowledge.
Why should fools have a price in hand to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?
The discerning person looks to wisdom, but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing personal opinion.
Wisdom is too high for fools; in the gate they do not open their mouths.
Do you see people wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.
All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
They are all straight to one who understands and right to those who find knowledge.
for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!
The wise shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom is in them?
Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge,
If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.