Proverbs 14:6
Modern English Version
6 A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it,
but knowledge is easy to him who understands.
Proverbs 14:6
American Standard Version
6 A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not;
But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
Proverbs 17:10
Modern English Version
10 A reproof enters deeper into a wise man
than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 17:10
American Standard Version
10 A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding
Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 17:24
Modern English Version
24 Wisdom is before him who has understanding,
but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:24
American Standard Version
24 Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding;
But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
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