Proverbs 14:6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none; but knowledge is easy to the man of understanding.
Leeser Tanakh
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 false witness constantly uttereth lies.
7Go far away from a foolish man, else thou wilt [never] know the lips of knowledge.
Cross References
Psalms 119:98Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me.
Proverbs 8:9They are all evident to the man of understanding, and correct to those that have obtained knowledge.
Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is the purchase-money in the hand of a fool to acquire wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?
Proverbs 18:2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but in laying open what is in his heart.
Proverbs 26:12When thou seest a man wise in his own eyes, then is there more hope for a fool than for him.
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, they are discouraged and caught, lo, the word of the Lord have they rejected; and what wisdom have they [now]?
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 →