Proverbs 9:12
If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned — thyself bearest [it].
Young's Literal Translation
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 do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.
13A foolish woman [is] noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.
Cross References
Job 19:4And also — truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain.
Job 22:3Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?
Job 35:6If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
Isaiah 28:22And now, show not yourselves scorners, Lest strong be your bands, For a consumption, that is determined, I have heard, by the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, [Is] for all the land.
Zechariah 12:14All the families that are left, Every family apart, and their women apart!
2 Peter 3:16as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto 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 →