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Proverbs 9:12
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself, but, if thou scoff, alone, shalt thou bear it.
Proverbs 9:12 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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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 to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase learning.
10 The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of the Holy, is understanding;
11 For, by me, shall be multiplied—thy days, and there be added to thee—the years of life.
12 If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself, but, if thou scoff, alone, shalt thou bear it.
13 The woman Stupidity, is boisterous, so simple that she knoweth not what she would do;
14 So she sitteth at the entrance of her house, upon a seat, in the heights of the city;
15 To invite them who pass by the way, who are going straight on in their paths:
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