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Proverbs 14

Prov. 14:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A scorner
luwts (Hebrew #3887)
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
KJV usage: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Pronounce: loots
Origin: a primitive root
seeketh
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
, and findeth it not: butc knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
is easy
qalal (Hebrew #7043)
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-)curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet.
Pronounce: kaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him that understandeth
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 8:9• 9They [are] all plain to him that understandeth,{HR}And right to them that find knowledge. (Prov. 8:9)

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scorner.
Prov. 18:2• 2A fool hath no delight in understanding,{HR}But only that his heart may reveal itself. (Prov. 18:2)
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Prov. 26:12• 12Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes?{HR}More hope of a fool than of him. (Prov. 26:12)
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Isa. 8:20• 20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them. (Isa. 8:20)
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Jer. 8:9• 9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them? (Jer. 8:9)
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Matt. 6:22‑23• 22The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light;
 23but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great the darkness! (Matt. 6:22‑23)
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Matt. 11:25‑27• 25At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.
 26Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.
 27All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does anyone know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal [him]. (Matt. 11:25‑27)
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Rom. 1:21‑28• 21Because, having known God, they glorified him not as God nor were thankful, but became vain in their thoughts, and their heart void of understanding was darkened.
 22Professing to be wise, they became fools,
 23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for a likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of winged and four-footed and creeping [creatures].
 24Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness so that their bodies were dishonoured among them;
 25which exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and served and reverenced the creature rather than the Creator who is blessed forever, Amen.
 26On this account God gave them up to vile passions; for both their females exchanged the natural use into the unnatural,
 27and likewise the males also, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust toward one another, males with males working out unseemliness, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was meet.
 28And even as they disapproved to have God in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind to do improper things; (Rom. 1:21‑28)
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Rom. 9:31‑32• 31but Israel following after a law of righteousness attained not unto a law of righteousness.
 32Why? Because not by faith but as by works [of law], for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling, (Rom. 9:31‑32)
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1 Cor. 3:18‑19• 18Let none deceive himself; if anyone thinketh himself to be wise among you in this age, let him become foolish that he may be wise.
 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness; (1 Cor. 3:18‑19)
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1 Cor. 8:2• 2If anyone thinketh that he knoweth anything, not yet knoweth he as he ought to know; (1 Cor. 8:2)
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2 Peter 3:3‑5• 3knowing this first, that in the last of the days mockers shall come with mockery walking according to their own lusts,
 4and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the [day] that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue thus from beginning of creation.
 5For this escapeth their notice willingly, that by the word of God heavens were of old, and an earth having its subsistence out of water and through water; (2 Peter 3:3‑5)
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Prov. 8:9• 9They [are] all plain to him that understandeth,{HR}And right to them that find knowledge. (Prov. 8:9)
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Prov. 17:24• 24Wisdom [is] before the face of him that hath understanding;{HR}But the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth. (Prov. 17:24)
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Psa. 119:18,98‑100• 18Open mine eyes,{HR}And I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.
 98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies,{HR}For they [are] ever mine.
 99More than all my teachers I have understanding:{HR}For thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
 100More than aged [men] I understand,{HR}For thy precepts I have observed. (Psa. 119:18,98‑100)
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Matt. 13:11‑12• 11And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;
 12for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him. (Matt. 13:11‑12)
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James 1:5• 5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all freely and reproacheth not; and it shall be given him. (James 1:5)
• The scorner may inquire, but he sets not his heart upon the answer. Therefore wisdom he fails to find. But to the intelligent who are actuated by a sincere desire to know the truth, even if it mean to be obliged to judge themselves and their ways thereby, knowledge is easy. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)
• Pilate was one who asked, “What is truth?” but was not concerned enough to tarry for a reply, though Truth Incarnate stood before him. Daniel, long before, had proven that all is plain to the spiritually intelligent. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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A scorner seeketh wisdom;{HR}And [there is] none for him;{HR}But knowledge [is] easy to the intelligent.