Proverbs 9:12
If thou be chacham, thou shalt be wise for thyself, 1 but if thou mockest, thou alone shalt suffer. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
11For by me thy yamim shall be multiplied, 1 and shanot chayyim shall be increased to thee. 1
13Aishes Kesilut (Dame Folly) is clamorous; 1 she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 1
Cross References
Job 19:4And be it indeed that I have erred, 1 mine meshugah (error) remaineth with myself. 1
Job 22:3Is it any pleasure to Shaddai, that thou art tzaddik? 1 Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless? 1
Job 35:6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? 1 Or if thy peysha'im be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him? 1
Isaiah 28:22Now therefore be ye not mockers, 1 lest your chains be made chazak; 1 for I have heard from Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os 1 a destruction, 1 even determined upon kol ha'aretz (the whole earth). 1
Zechariah 12:14All the mishpochot that remain, all mishpochot apart, and their wives apart.
2 Peter 3:16As also in all his iggrot speaking in them concerning these things, in which are some things lomdish (intricate and complicated to understand), which those unstable and without da'as, twist, as also the other Kitvei Hakodesh, to their own churban (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 →