Proverbs 14:6-8

Amplified Bible

⁶
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none [for his ears are closed to wisdom],
But knowledge is easy for one who understands [because he is willing to learn].
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Leave the presence of a [shortsighted] fool,
For you will not find knowledge or hear godly wisdom from his lips.
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The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way,
But the foolishness of [shortsighted] fools is deceit.

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Proverbs 14:6-8

New International Version

⁶The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.^(A)

⁷Stay away from a fool,
for you will not find knowledge on their lips.

⁸The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,^(B)
but the folly of fools is deception.^(C)

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Proverbs 14:6-8

New King James Version

⁶A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it,
But ^(A)knowledge is easy to him who understands.
⁷Go from the presence of a foolish man,
When you do not perceive in him the lips of ^(B)knowledge.
⁸The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way,
But the folly of fools is deceit.