Proverbs 14:6
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
BSB
ASV
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
KJV
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
The mocker seeks wisdom, etc. Caiaphas, who said to the Lord, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ"; because he sought badly, he did not deserve to find what he sought. But the disciples, who humbly submitted to …
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James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
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if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
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1 Corinthians 8:2The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
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Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.