Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and there is none, but, knowledge, to the discerning, is easy.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 deceive, but a false witness, uttereth deceitful things.
Cross References
Psalms 119:98Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.
Proverbs 8:9All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.
Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a dullard? that he who is without sense, may acquire wisdom.
Proverbs 18:2A dullard, delighteth not, in understanding, in nothing save the exposing of his own heart.
Proverbs 26:12Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye,—more hope of a dullard, than of him!
Jeremiah 8:9Ashamed are the wise, dismayed and captured! Lo! the word of Yahweh, have they rejected, And, what wisdom, have, they?
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 →