Proverbs 14:6 · KJV
“A scorner seeketh wisdom, and {findeth it} not: but knowledge {is} easy unto him that understandeth.”
— Proverbs 14:6
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not {in him} the lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 14 — Context
Where no oxen {are}, the crib {is} clean: but much increase {is} by the strength of the ox.
5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and {findeth it} not: but knowledge {is} easy unto him that understandeth.
7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not {in him} the lips of knowledge.
8The wisdom of the prudent {is} to understand his way: but the folly of fools {is} deceit.
Cross References
James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all {men} liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Matthew 13:11-12
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matthew 11:25-27
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
1 Corinthians 8:2
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
1 Corinthians 3:18-19
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Proverbs 8:9
They {are} all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Psalms 119:98-100
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they {are} ever with me. {they...: Heb. it is ever with me}
Matthew 6:22-23
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.