Proverbs 14:6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
Revised Version 1895
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 uttereth lies.
7Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
Cross References
Psalms 119:98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
Proverbs 8:9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?
Proverbs 18:2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.
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 are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what manner of wisdom is 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 →