A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,
But knowledge is easy for one who has understanding.

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A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
    but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

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

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

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred blows into a fool.

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

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24 Wisdom is in the presence of one who has understanding,
But the (A)eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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24 A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
    but a fool’s eyes(A) wander to the ends of the earth.

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24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

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