Scoffers Seek Wisdom; Yahweh Refuses
Proverbs 14:6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding. Who are the scornful / scoffers? 1. they don’t delight in Yahweh’s torah; they don’t meditate in it day and night; they are not blessed ( ’ashre ) (Psa. 1:1-2) 2. they delight in scoffing (Prov. 1:22) 3. they receive Yahweh’s scorn and not His favor (Prov. 3:34) 4. They will not be reproved and seek to shame those who reprove them (Prov. 9:7) 5. They hate those who reprove them (Prov. 9:8) 6. They do not listen to rebuke (Prov. 13:1) 7. They seek wisdom in vain (Prov. 14:6) 8. They do not love the one who reproves them. They will not go to the wise (Prov. 15:12) 9. They do not be...