Proverbs 14:6
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לוּץ
lûwts
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
קָלַל
qâlal
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
בִּין
bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Key Terms in This Verse
קָלַל qâlal
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Study H7043 →לוּץ lûwts
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
Study H3887 →בִּין bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Study H995 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →Cross References
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
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