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Proverbs 14:6

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

KJV

Quærit derisor sapientiam, et non invenit ; doctrina prudentium facilis.

Vulgate

ζητήσεις σοφίαν παρὰ κακοῖς καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσεις, αἴσθησις δὲ παρὰ φρονίμοις εὐχερής.

LXX

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

ASV

בִּקֶּשׁ לֵ֣ץ חָכְמָ֣ה וָ/אָ֑יִן וְ/דַ֖עַת לְ/נָב֣וֹן נָקָֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
הָקֵל֙
hql
verb · 80×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
לֵ֭ץ
lts
verb · 27×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 2:14 — But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • 1Cor 3:18 — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
  • 1Cor 8:2 — And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
  • 2Pet 3:3 — Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
  • 2Tim 3:7 — Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  • Jas 1:5 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
  • Matt 11:25 — At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
  • Matt 13:11 — He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
  • Prov 8:9 — They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
  • Prov 8:9 — They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
  • Prov 13:1 — A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
  • Prov 17:24 — Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
  • Prov 24:7 — Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.