A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
Proverbs 8:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
A discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
For the prudent the path of life leads upwards, so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.
The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it.
A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for the one who walks the path. Fools will not wander on it.
House of Jacob, should it be asked, ‘Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient? Are these the things he does? ’ Don’t my words bring good to the one who walks uprightly?
It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. , Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to me #– #
If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God #– #who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly #– #and it will be given to him.