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Proverbs 14:6

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6nA scoffer seeks wisdom oin vain,

but pknowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

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Cross references

  1. n[ch. 24:7]
  2. o[Ps. 25:9; 1 Pet. 5:5]
  3. p[ch. 8:9; 15:14; 17:24]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,

but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,

but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

NLTNew Living Translation

A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it,

but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none,

but knowledge comes easily to him who understands.

KJV 1900King James Version

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not:

But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.