12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.


In Context

9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

11 For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

13 The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.

14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Proverbs 9:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:12If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:12If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:12If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself: and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned — thyself bearest it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.