Proverbs 14:6

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A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

In other translations

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

Hebrew words

בִּקֶּשׁ־bikesh-he seeksH1245לֵץletza mockerH3887חָכְמָהchokhmahwisdomH2451וָאָיִןva'ayinand there [is] notH369וְדַעַתveda'atand knowledgeH1847לְנָבוֹןlenavonto a discerning [person]H995נָקָל׃nakalit is triflingH7043

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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