Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 9:12
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
Berean Standard Bible
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
King James Version
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
World English Bible
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
American Standard Version
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 9
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
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