Cross references

Proverbs 14:6

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,

but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

Proverbs 14:6 BSB

Proverbs 14:6 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to James 1:5 (7 votes) and Matthew 13:11–12 (6 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Psalm 119 to 2 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 14:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. James 1:57 votes

    Now 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.

  2. He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

  3. At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight. …

  4. 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. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

  5. They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.

  6. The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

  7. Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

  8. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. …

  9. Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

  10. A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

Which verses point to Proverbs 14:6?

The 10 strongest of 11.