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Proverbs 9:12
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If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will suffer from it.
The wise person is rewarded by wisdom, but whoever makes fun of wisdom will suffer for it."
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself [for your own benefit]; If you scoff [thoughtlessly ridicule and disdain], you alone will pay the penalty.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
Good sense is good for you, but if you brag, you hurt yourself.
If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
If you become wise, it will be for your own good. If you are rude and show no respect, you are the one who will suffer.
My son, if you are wise, you are wise for yourself and for your friends; but if you are evil-minded, you alone shall bear your evils;
You are the one who will profit if you have wisdom, and if you reject it, you are the one who will suffer.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and if you scoff, alone you shall bear it.
If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself, but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it .
Yf thou be wyse, yi wysdome shal do yi selfe good: but yf thou thynkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt beare it.
If thou be wise, thy wysdome shal do thy selfe good: but if thou thinkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.
Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbours; and if thou shouldest prove wicked, thou alone wilt bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a land appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself: and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
If thou art wijs; thou schalt be to thi silf, and to thi neiyboris. Forsothe if thou art a scornere; thou aloone schalt bere yuel.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; And if you scoff, you alone shall bear it.
If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you will bear it alone."
If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
If you are wise, your wisdom is a help to you. If you laugh at the truth, you alone will suffer for it.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself, but, if thou scoff, alone, shalt thou bear it.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest [it].
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 16:26, Job 22:2, Job 22:3, Job 22:21, Job 35:6, Job 35:7, Isaiah 28:22, Ezekiel 18:20, 2 Peter 3:3, 2 Peter 3:4, 2 Peter 3:16
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 6:24 - for our good Deuteronomy 10:13 - for thy Job 5:27 - for thy good Job 19:4 - mine Psalms 1:1 - scornful Proverbs 3:34 - he scorneth Proverbs 19:29 - Judgments Zechariah 12:14 - and
Cross-References
God said to Noach, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between myself and every living creature on the earth."
Shem and Yefet took a cloak, put it over both their shoulders, and, walking backward, went in and covered their naked father. Their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father lying there shamefully exposed.
He said, "Cursed be Kena‘an; he will be a servant of servants to his brothers."
Then he said, "Blessed be Adonai , the God of Shem; Kena‘an will be their servant.
After the flood Noach lived 350 years.
You are to be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; this will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.
The blood will serve you as a sign marking the houses where you are; when I see the blood, I will pass over you — when I strike the land of Egypt, the death blow will not strike you.
This will serve as a sign on your hand and at the front of a headband around your forehead that with a strong hand Adonai brought us out of Egypt." Haftarah Bo: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 46:13–28 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Bo: Luke 2:22–24; Yochanan (John) 19:31–37; Acts 13:16 –17; Revelation 8:6–9:12; 16:1–21 After Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not guide them to the highway that goes through the land of the P'lishtim, because it was close by — God thought that the people, upon seeing war, might change their minds and return to Egypt. Rather, God led the people by a roundabout route, through the desert by the Sea of Suf. The people of Isra'el went up from the land of Egypt fully armed. Moshe took the bones of Yosef with him, for Yosef had made the people of Isra'el swear an oath when he said, "God will certainly remember you; and you are to carry my bones up with you, away from here." They traveled from Sukkot and set up camp in Etam, at the edge of the desert. Adonai went ahead of them in a column of cloud during the daytime to lead them on their way, and at night in a column of fire to give them light; thus they could travel both by day and by night. Neither the column of cloud by day nor the column of fire at night went away from in front of the people.
So, please, swear to me by Adonai that, since I have been kind to you, you will also be kind to my father's family. Give me some evidence of your good faith,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself,.... He is wise that harkens to Wisdom's advice, that obeys her call, turns in to her house, and becomes her guest; and such an one is wise for himself, it is for his own good, profit, and advantage; for the good of his soul, for his present peace and comfort, and for his future bliss and happiness. It is not for her own sake that Wisdom presses her exhortations, and is so urgent on men to take her counsel and advice; it is for their own good; their wisdom is not profitable to her, but to themselves; they, and they only, reap the advantage and usefulness of it; see Job 22:2. The Syriac and Arabic versions add, "and unto thy friends"; and the Septuagint version is, "if thou becomest wise to thyself, thou wilt be wise to neighbours"; they will receive some profit by it;
but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shall bear [it]; the evil, as the Vulgate Latin; the sin of scorning, and the punishment due unto it; it will bring no real hurt to Wisdom, or Christ, nor to his ministers, nor to his Gospel and ordinances, scoffed at; all the hurt will redound to the scoffer himself; and he alone shall bear it, and feel the smart of it, and all the dreadful consequences following upon it. The Septuagint version here adds the following clause,
"he that trusteth in lies, he feedeth on winds; the same pursues birds flying; for he forsakes the ways of his own vineyard; he wanders from the paths of his own husbandry; he passes through a desert without water, and a land destined to thirst, and he gathers unfruitfulness with his hands;''
and which are retained in the Syriac and Arabic version, but are not in the Hebrew text.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The great law of personal retribution (compare Matthew 7:2). The Septuagint makes a curious addition to this verse, âMy son, if thou wilt be wise for thyself, thou shalt be wise also for thy neighbors; but if thou turn out evil, thou alone shalt bear evil. He who resteth on lies shall guide the winds, and the same shall hunt after winged birds, for he hath left the ways of his own vineyard, and has gone astray with the wheels of his own husbandry. He goeth through a wilderness without water, and over a land set in thirsty places, and with his hands he gathereth barrenness.â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 9:12. If thou be wise — It is thy own interest to be religious. Though thy example may be very useful to thy neighbours and friends, yet the chief benefit is to thyself. But if thou scorn - refuse to receive - the doctrines of wisdom, and die in thy sins, thou alone shalt suffer the vengeance of an offended God.
