A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not,....
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Proverbs 14:6
Proverbs 14:6
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I. FEMININE WISDOM. (Proverbs 14:1.)
1. Its peculiar scope is the home. Women are physically and morally constructed with a view to the stationary life and settled pursuits of home. Its…Proverbs 14:1-35Proverbs 14:1-35 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONProverbs 14:6Proverbs 14:6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleNote, 1. The reason why some people seek wisdom, and do not find it, is
because they do not seek it from a right principle and in a right
manner. They are scorners, and it is in scorn that they ask
instruction,…Proverbs 14:6Proverbs 14:6 · The Pulpit CommentaryA scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; literally, it is not—there is none (Proverbs 13:7). A scorner may affect to be seeking wisdom, but he can never attain to it, because it is given only to him who is meek and…