Proverbs 14:6
The scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy to the man of understanding.
Noyes Bible
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 doth not lie; But a false witness poureth forth lies.
7Go from the presence of a foolish man; For thou hast not perceived in him the lips of knowledge.
Cross References
Psalms 119:98Thou hast made me wiser than my enemies by thy precepts; For they are ever before me.
Proverbs 8:9They are all plain to the man of understanding, And right to those who find knowledge.
Proverbs 17:16Why should a price be in the hand of a fool To get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?
Proverbs 18:2The fool hath no delight in understanding, But rather in revealing his own mind.
Proverbs 26:12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men shall be confounded; They shall be dismayed and ensnared; Behold, they have rejected the word of Jehovah, And what wisdom is there 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 →