Proverbs 9:12
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
In Context
11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
13The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.
Cross References
Job 19:4And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
Job 22:3Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless?
Job 35:6If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?
Isaiah 28:22Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bands be made strong; for an extermination wholly determined have I heard from the Lord, the GOD of hosts, upon the whole land.
Zechariah 12:14All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:2-13
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He that… Read the whole commentary →