Proverbs 14:6

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Findeth it not - literally, there is none. The successful pursuit of wisdom presupposes at least earnestness and reverence. The scoffer shuts him...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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. T...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

seeketh . every scorner hath sought repeatedly. Note the past tense. and flndeth it not. Illustrations: the Pharisees ( John 9:29 . Compare Pro 7...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. A scorner seeketh wisdom - I believe the scorner...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. A scorner seeketh wisdom, and (findeth it) n...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife ( Proverbs 31:10-31 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 perc...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 per...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not ,.... So the scornful Greeks, that scoffed at the plainness and simplicity of the Gospel, sought natu...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth. Ver. 6. A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A scorner A proud, self-conceited, and profane person; seeketh wisdom and findeth it not Because he doth not seek it aright, namely, sincerely, e...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. Note, 1. The reason why some...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 (...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 h...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 fi...
The Biblical Illustrator

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not. Secularism It is the constant profession of those who reject the Bible that they are seeking trut...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 re...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Findeth it not — Because he doth not seek it aright. That understandeth — That is honest and pious.

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 14:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 14:6