A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
Proverbs 14:6 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding. Common English Bible A mocker searches for wisdom and gets none, but knowledge comes quickly to the intelligent. Catholic Public Domain Version A mocker seeks wisdom and does not find it. The doctrine of the prudent is accessible. English Standard Version 2016 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding. |
A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.
Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.
A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those things which are in his heart.
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.
To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.
The wise men are confounded, they are dismayed and taken: for they have cast away the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet known as he ought to know.
But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.