Proverbs 9:12 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

If you are wise, your wisdom will help you. If you mock, you alone will be held responsible.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest it.

Proverbs 9:12 Cross References

XREF:

Job 22:2 "Can a vigorous man be of use to God, Or a wise man be useful to himself?

Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart will have his fill of his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied with his.

Proverbs 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And blows for the back of fools. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:12 If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for {k} thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
(k) You will have the chief profit and convenience of it.

WES:

9:12 For thyself - Thou dost not profit me but thyself.

MHC:

9:1-12 Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which nourishment is given here to those that believe in him, as well as mansions in heaven hereafter. The ministers of the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none that do not shut out themselves. Our Saviour came, not to call the righteous, but sinners; not the wise in their own eyes, who say they see. We must keep from the company and foolish pleasures of the ungodly, or we never can enjoy the pleasures of a holy life. It is vain to seek the company of wicked men in the hope of doing them good; we are far more likely to be corrupted by them. It is not enough to forsake the foolish, we must join those that walk in wisdom. There is no true wisdom but in the way of religion, no true life but in the end of that way. Here is the happiness of those that embrace it. A man cannot be profitable to God; it is for our own good. Observe the shame and ruin of those who slight it. God is not the Author of sin: and Satan can only tempt, he cannot force. Thou shalt bear the loss of that which thou scornest: it will add to thy condemnation.

CONC:

Alone Bear Bearest Full Hast Heart Mock Mocker Pain Pride Reward Scoff Scoffest Scorned Scornest Suffer Thyself Wisdom Wise

Alone Bear Bearest Full Heart Mock Mocker Pain Pride Reward Scoff Scorned Scornest Suffer Thyself Wisdom Wise

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