A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
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Gill's Exposition
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not,.... So the scornful Greeks, that scoffed at the plainness and simplicity of the Gospel, sought natural wisdom, and thought they found it, and professed…
Barnes' Notes
Findeth it not - literally, there is none. The successful pursuit of wisdom presupposes at least earnestness and reverence. The scoffer shuts himself out from the capacity of recognizing truth.
Matthew Henry
Note, 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…
Cambridge Bible
findeth it not Lit. and it is not (there)! Only to the lowly and reverent does Wisdom reveal herself. Comp. Mat 11:25.
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