Matthew Henry · Verse 6
A scorner treats Divine things with contempt. He that feels his ignorance and unworthiness will search the Scriptures in a humble spirit.
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
BSB
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
KJV
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
ASV
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
BBE
The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
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