Proverbs 14:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶ A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ 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)

⁶ A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

Common English Bible

⁶ A mocker searches for wisdom and gets none, but knowledge comes quickly to the intelligent.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ A mocker seeks wisdom and does not find it. The doctrine of the prudent is accessible.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.

Proverbs 14:6 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 1:5

let a wise person listen and increase learning, and let a discerning person obtain guidance –

Proverbs 14:5

An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness utters lies.

Proverbs 14:7

Stay away from a foolish person; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

Proverbs 15:12

A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him; he will not consult the wise.

Proverbs 17:16

Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes  roam to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 18:2

A fool does not delight in understanding, but only wants to show off his opinions.  ,

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is inaccessible to   a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.

Proverbs 26:12

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

Proverbs 8:8

All the words from my mouth are righteous; none of them are deceptive or perverse.

Proverbs 8:9

All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge.

Isaiah 8:20

Go to God’s instruction and testimony!  If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and snared. They have rejected the word of the  Lord, so what wisdom do they really have?

1 Corinthians 8:2

If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it.

James 1:5

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.