Proverbs 9:12
If thou art become wise, thou art wise for thyself; but if thou art a scorner, thou alone wilt have to bear it.”
Leeser Tanakh
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 through me shall thy days be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased unto thee.
13The woman of folly is noisy: she is simple, and knoweth not what [to do].
Cross References
Job 19:4Yea, if it be indeed that I have erred, let my error remain with myself.
Job 22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous? or is it any gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Job 35:6If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?
Isaiah 28:22And now be ye no longer scornful, lest your bonds be made strong; for as completed and fully decreed have I heard it from the Lord Eternal of hosts over all the earth.
Zechariah 12:14All the families that remain, every family apart by itself, 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 →