Proverbs 9:12
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou art a scoffer, thou alone must bear it.”
Noyes Bible
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
11Yea, through me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
13The foolish woman is clamorous; She is very simple, and careth for nothing.
Cross References
Job 19:4And be it, indeed, that I have erred, My error abideth with myself.
Job 22:3Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous; Or a gain to him, that thou walkest uprightly?
Job 35:6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou to him?
Isaiah 28:22Now, therefore, be ye no longer scoffers, Lest your bands become stronger; For destruction and punishment have been revealed to me From Jehovah of hosts concerning the whole land!
Zechariah 12:14All the families that remain, Every family apart, and their wives apart.
2 Peter 3:16as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which things are some that are hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
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 →