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Proverbs 14:6

6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,

But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

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Proverbs 14:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,

but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

Proverbs 14:6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,

but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

Proverbs 14:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not:

But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

Proverbs 14:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it,

but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

Proverbs 14:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it,

But knowledge is easy to him who understands.

Proverbs 14:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

Those who make fun of wisdom look for it and do not find it,

but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

Proverbs 14:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not;

But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

Proverbs 14:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none for him; but knowledge is easy unto the intelligent.

Proverbs 14:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

A mocker searches for wisdom without finding it, 

but knowledge comes easily to a person who has understanding. 

Proverbs 14:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,

but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

Proverbs 14:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,

but knowledge is easy for one who understands.

Proverbs 14:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none,

but knowledge comes easily to him who understands.

Proverbs 14:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Those who make fun of others look for wisdom and don’t find it.

But knowledge comes easily to those who understand what is right.


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