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

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A mocker seeks wisdom and finds[a] none,
    but learning comes easily to someone who understands.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:6 The Heb. lacks finds

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

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10 A rebuke is more effective with a man of understanding
    than a hundred lashes to a fool.

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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 A person with understanding has wisdom as his objective,
    but a fool looks only[a] to earthly goals.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:24 The Heb. lacks only