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Proverbs 9:12
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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, you are wise for yourself; And if you scoff, you alone shall bear 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 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. If you mock, you alone will 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 scoff, you alone will 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 thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself: and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt 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 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 you are wise, your wisdom helps you; but if you scoff, you bear the consequences alone."
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.
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 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 be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt 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 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 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 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, 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 .
If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest [it].
Yf thou be wyse, yi wysdome shal do yi selfe good: but yf thou thynkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will suffer from it.
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 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
And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."
But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
Then he said: "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren."
And he said: "Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant.
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
It shall be as a sign on your hand and as frontlets between your eyes, for by strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."
Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the LORD, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father's house, and give me a true token,
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.
