Proverbs 14:6
A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.
Young's Literal Translation
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 lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
7Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
Cross References
Psalms 119:98Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age.
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 delighteth not in understanding, But — in uncovering his heart.
Proverbs 26:12Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
Jeremiah 8:9Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what — 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 →