Proverbs 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 9:12 in other translations
| BSB | If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences. |
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| WEB | If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it. |
| ASV | If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it. |
| YLT | If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned--thyself bearest it. |
| DARBY | If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. |
| BBE | If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it. |
| Webster | If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. |
What does Proverbs 9:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 9:1-12
Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which nourishment is given here to those that believe in him, as well as mansions in heaven hereafter. The ministers of the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none that do not shut out themselves. Our Saviour came, not to call the righteous, but sinners; not the wise in their own eyes, who say they see. We…
Proverbs 9:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 9:12
- Job 22:2-3
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- Ezekiel 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
- 2 Peter 3:3-4
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
- Job 22:21
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
- Proverbs 16:26
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
- 2 Peter 3:16
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
- Job 35:6-7
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
- Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
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Context
- Proverbs 9:11
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
- Proverbs 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- Proverbs 9:13
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
Proverbs 9:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si fueres sabio, para ti lo serás: mas si fueres escarnecedor, pagarás tú solo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si tu es sage, tu seras sage pour toi-même; et si tu es moqueur, tu en porteras seul la peine. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn du weise bist, so bist du weise für dich; und spottest du, so wirst du allein es tragen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si sapiens fueris, tibimetipsi eris; si autem illusor, solus portabis malum. |