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Proverbs 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
Proverbs 9:12 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 9:12 in other translations
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 to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
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In context
9 Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
11 For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
13 A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
14 Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
15 To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
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