Proverbs 14:6
What meaning of the proverbs 14:6 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 14:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth."
What does Proverbs 14:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth."
Verse Proverbs 14:6. _A SCORNER SEEKETH WISDOM_] I believe the _scorner_ means, in this book, the man that _despises_ the _counsel of God_; the _infidel_. Such may _seek wisdom_; but he never can find...
FINDETH IT NOT - literally, there is none. The successful pursuit of wisdom presupposes at least earnestness and reverence. The scoffer shuts himself out from the capacity of recognizing truth....
CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish i...
PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
SEEKETH. every scorner hath sought repeatedly. Note the past tense. AND FLNDETH IT NOT. Illustrations: the Pharisees (John 9:29. Compare Pro 7:52, and 1 Corinthians 2:14); Jews (Acts 13:41; Acts 13:4...
findeth it _not_ Lit. AND IT IS NOT (_there_)! Only to the lowly and reverent does Wisdom reveal herself. Comp. Matthew 11:25....
A SCORNER SEEKETH WISDOM, &C.— He that comes to seek after knowledge, says Lord Bacon, with a mind to scorn and censure, shall be sure to find matter enough for his humour, but none for instruction; o...
CHAPTER 14 TEXT Proverbs 14:1-12 1. Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands. 2. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that i...
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. A SCORNER SEEKETH WISDOM, AND (FINDETH IT) NOT: BUT KNOWLEDGE (IS) EASY (HEBREW, AN EASY THING) UNTO...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 14 V1 The wise woman builds her house. The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
A SCORNER SEEKETH WISDOM, AND FINDETH IT NOT. — Because “God resisteth the proud” (1 Peter 5:5), and none can give wisdom but He who alone has it (1 Corinthians 2:11); but He teaches him that “feareth...
בִּקֶּשׁ ־לֵ֣ץ חָכְמָ֣ה וָ אָ֑יִן וְ דַ֖עַת לְ נָבֹ֣ון נָקָֽל׃...
CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
_Not. Because they seek it ill, like the pagan sages. Septuagint, "thou shalt seek wisdom among the wicked, and shalt not find it," &c._...
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. The wisdo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be follow...
A SCORNER SEEKETH WISDOM, AND [FINDETH IT] NOT,.... So the scornful Greeks, that scoffed at the plainness and simplicity of the Gospel, sought natural wisdom, and thought they found it, and professed...
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth. Ver. 6. _A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not._] Or, He seeketh wisdom, and he seeketh it...
_A scorner_ A proud, self-conceited, and profane person; _seeketh wisdom and findeth it not_ Because he doth not seek it aright, namely, sincerely, earnestly, and seasonably, and in a constant and dil...
V. 6. A SCORNER SEEKETH WISDOM AND FINDETH IT NOT, for his mockery of true wisdom, of the truth contained in the Word of God, closes the road of real enlightenment to him, no matter how much superfici...
A SCORNER; a proud, self-conceited, and profane person. FINDETH IT NOT, because he doth not seek it aright, to wit, sincerely, and earnestly, and seasonably, and in a constant and diligent use of all...
Proverbs 14:6 scoffer H3887 (H8801) seeks H1245 (H8765) wisdom H2451 knowledge H1847 easy H7043 (H8738) understands H995 (H8737) scorner - Proverbs 18:2, Proverbs 26:12; Isaiah 8:20; Je
THE ONE WHO FEARS YHWH WALKS IN UPRIGHTNESS, IS PRESERVED BY WHAT HE SAYS, ENJOYS PROSPERITY, IS A TRUE WITNESS AND EASILY COMES TO UNDERSTANDING (PROVERBS 14:2). The one who fears YHWH walks in uprig...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1, by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
_A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not._ SECULARISM It is the constant profession of those who reject the Bible that they are seeking truth. They seek wisdom and do not find it. They want the...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:6_ SEEKING, BUT NOT FINDING I. A CONTRADICTORY CHARACTER—A SCORNER IN QUEST OF WISDOM. It would be strange to hear a man ask advice of a physician whose opinion he hel...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 14:1 EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. Γυναι...
Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil. Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1) And wise and foolish contrasted always, too. Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1): She takes care...
1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Peter 3:3; Isaiah 8:20; James 1:5; Jeremiah 8:9; Matthew 11:25; Matthew 13:11;...
Findeth it not — Because he doth not seek it aright. That understandeth — That is honest and pious....