Proverbs 14:6

“A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not, etc.] So the scornful Greeks, that scoffed at the plainness and simplicity of the Gospel, sought natural wisdom, and thought they found it, and professed they had; but professing themselves to be wise they became fools, and with all their wisdom knew not God; and false teachers, that boasted of their evangelical wisdom, and of their great attainments in Gospel light, and derided others, were ever learning, and never came to the knowledge of the truth; and the scornful Jews, that mocked at the true Messiah, would seek him, the Wisdom of God, as they have done, and find him not; (see <430734>John 7:34); Men often seek for wisdom in a wrong way…”

“An humble, teachable spirit succeeds in seeking (Pro 8:9; Joh 7:17; Jam 1:5-6).”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Findeth it not - Because he doth not seek it aright. That understandeth - That is honest and pious. Proverbs 14:8”

“scorner: Pro 18:2, Pro 26:12; Isa 8:20; Jer 8:9; Mat 6:22, Mat 6:23, Mat 11:25-27; Rom 1:21-28; Rom 9:31, Rom 9:32; Co1 3:18, Co1 3:19, Co1 8:2; Pe2 3:3-5 knowledge: Pro 8:9, Pro 17:24; Psa 119:18, Psa 119:98-100; Mat 13:11, Mat 13:12; Jam 1:5 Proverbs 14:7”

“6 In vain the scorner seeketh wisdom; But to the man of understanding knowledge is easy. The general sentence is concrete, composed in the common historical form. Regarding ואין, necquidquam, vid., at Pro 13:4. The participle נקל is here neut. for נקלּה, something which makes itself easy or light. The frivolous man, to whom truth is not a matter of conscience, and who recognises no authority, not even the Supreme, never reaches to truth notwithstanding all his searching, it remains veiled to him and far remote; but to the man of understanding, who knows that the fear of God and not estrangement from God leads to truth, knowledge is an easy matter - he enters on the right way to this end, he…”