Proverbs 14:6
You shall seek wisdom with bad men, and shall not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.
LXX2012 (British)
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; but an unjust witness kindles falsehoods.
7All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:9They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.
Proverbs 17:16Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 18:2A senseless man feels no need of wisdom, for he is rather led by folly.
Proverbs 26:12I have seen a man who seemed + 26:12 Gr. by. to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, and alarmed, and taken; because they have rejected the word of the Lord; 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 →