A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for one who understands.
Proverbs 8:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They are all straight to one who understands and right to those who find knowledge. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They are all plain to him who understands [and opens his heart], and right to those who find knowledge [and live by it]. American Standard Version (1901) They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. Common English Bible All of them are straightforward to those who understand, and upright for the knowledgeable. Catholic Public Domain Version They are upright to those who understand, and equitable to those who discover knowledge. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge. |
A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for one who understands.
The mind of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
For the wise the path of life leads upward, in order to avoid Sheol below.
The discerning person looks to wisdom, but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.
An intelligent mind acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God’s people; no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.
Should this be said, O house of Jacob? Is the Lord’s patience exhausted? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to one who walks uprightly?
It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.
Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.
If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.