Proverbs 14:7
Go against a foolish man, and he knoweth not the lips of prudence.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
In Context
6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.
8The wisdom of a. discreet man is to understand his way: and the imprudence of fools erreth.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:6Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
Proverbs 19:27Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.
1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written to you, not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or a server of idols, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner: with such a one, not so much as to eat.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:7
6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. Note, 1. The reason why some people seek wisdom, and do not find it, is because they do not seek it from a right principle and in a right manner. They are scorners, and it is in scorn that they ask instruction, that they may ridicule what is told them and may cavil at it. Many put questions to Christ, tempting him, and that they might have whereof to accuse him, but they were never the wiser. No marvel if those who… Read the whole commentary →