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Proverbs 14:6

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A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
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  1. James 1:5Rank 1 from verse 6
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    5If 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.

  2. Matthew 13:11–12Rank 2 from verse 6
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    11He 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.

    12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

  3. 1 Corinthians 3:18–19Rank 3 from verse 6
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    18Let 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.

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

  4. Matthew 11:25–27Rank 4 from verse 6
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    25¶ 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.

    26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

    27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

  5. 1 Corinthians 8:2Rank 5 from verse 6
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    2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

  6. Proverbs 8:9Rank 6 from verse 6
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    9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

  7. 2 Peter 3:3–5Rank 7 from verse 6
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    3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

    4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

    5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

  8. Isaiah 8:20Rank 8 from verse 6
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    20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  9. Jeremiah 8:9Rank 9 from verse 6
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    9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

  10. Matthew 6:22–23Rank 10 from verse 6
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    22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

    23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

  11. Proverbs 17:24Rank 11 from verse 6
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    24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  12. Proverbs 18:2Rank 12 from verse 6
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    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  13. Proverbs 26:12Rank 13 from verse 6
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    12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

  14. Psalms 119:18Rank 14 from verse 6
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    18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

  15. Psalms 119:98–100Rank 15 from verse 6
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    98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

    99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

    100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

  16. Romans 1:21–28Rank 16 from verse 6
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    21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

    22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

    23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

    24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

    25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

    26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

    27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

  17. Romans 9:31–32Rank 17 from verse 6
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    31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

    32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

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Proverbs 14:6

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wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

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findeth

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Third-person singular present form of find (to discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience).

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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easy

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Not difficult, burdensome, harsh, or painful; gentle, quiet, or readily accomplished.

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understandeth

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Third-person singular present form of understand, meaning to comprehend, perceive, discern, or know the meaning or significance of something.

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14:5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

14:6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

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14:7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

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