Proverbs 14:6
A mocker seeks wisdom and does not find it. The doctrine of the prudent is accessible.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
In Context
5A faithful witness will not lie. But a deceitful witness offers a lie.
7Go against a foolish man, and he does not acknowledge lips of prudence.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:9They are upright to those who understand, and equitable to those who discover knowledge.
Proverbs 17:16What does it profit the foolish to have riches, when he is not able to buy wisdom? Whoever makes his house high seeks ruin. And whoever shuns learning shall fall into evils.
Proverbs 18:2The foolish do not accept words of prudence, unless you say what is already turning in his heart.
Proverbs 26:12Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men have been confounded; they were terrified and captured. For they cast aside the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:6
5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. In the administration of justice much depends upon the witnesses, and therefore it is necessary to the common good that witnesses be principled as they ought to be; for, 1. A witness that is conscientious will not dare to give in a testimony that is in the least untrue, nor, for good-will or ill-will, represent a thing otherwise than according to the best of his knowledge, whoever is pleased or displeased, and then judgment runs down like a… Read the whole commentary →