Proverbs 14:6

A Conservative Version

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and [finds it] not, but knowledge is easy to him who has understanding.

Cross References

James 1:5

And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

1 Corinthians 8:2

If any man presumes to know anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

Proverbs 8:9

They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are put to shame. They are dismayed and taken. Lo, they have rejected the word of LORD, and what manner of wisdom is in them?

Isaiah 8:20

[Seek] to the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

Proverbs 26:12

See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.

Proverbs 18:2

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is before the face of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Psalm 119:18

Open thou my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Proverbs 1:5

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness will not lie, but a FALSE witness utters lies.

Proverbs 14:7

Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shall not perceive the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool. He opens not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

Proverbs 15:12

A scoffer does not like to be reproved. He will not go to the wise.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?