Proverbs 9:12
What does Proverbs 9:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 9:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned--thyself bearest <FI>it<Fi> .
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.
- 2 Peter 3:3
knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
- Proverbs 16:26
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
- Job 22:21
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.
- 2 Peter 3:16
as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
- Job 35:6
If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
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