Proverbs 14:6

Modern English Version

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and does not find it, but knowledge comes easily to him who is discerning.

Cross References

Psalm 119:18

Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law.

Proverbs 1:5

a wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

Proverbs 14:5

A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

Proverbs 14:7

Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 15:12

A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, nor will he go to the wise.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom since he has no heart for it?

Proverbs 17:24

The sight of the discerning is toward wisdom, but the eyes of the fool are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 18:2

A fool takes no delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; he opens not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 8:8

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

Proverbs 8:9

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

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony; if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are ashamed; they are dismayed and caught. Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what kind of wisdom do they have?

1 Corinthians 8:2

So if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally and without criticism, and it will be given to him.