Proverbs 14:6
A scorner has sought wisdom, and it is not, || And knowledge [is] easy to the intelligent.
Literal Standard 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 does not lie, || And a false witness breathes out lies.
7Go from before a foolish man, || Or you have not known the lips of knowledge.
Cross References
Psalms 119:98Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, || For it [is] before me for all time.
Proverbs 8:9All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, || And upright to those finding knowledge.
Proverbs 17:16Why [is] this—a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, || And a heart—there is none?
Proverbs 18:2A fool does not delight in understanding, || But in uncovering his heart.
Proverbs 26:12You have seen a man wise in his own eyes, || More hope of a fool than of him!
Jeremiah 8:9The wise have been ashamed, || They have been frightened, and are captured, || Behold, they kicked against a word of YHWH, || And what wisdom do they have?
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 →