Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”
New American Standard Bible
And if you
King James Version
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
International Standard Version
If you are wise, your wisdom will assist you. If you mock, you alone will be held responsible.
A Conservative Version
If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.
American Standard Version
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Amplified
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself [for your own benefit];
If you scoff [thoughtlessly ridicule and disdain], you alone will pay the penalty.
Bible in Basic English
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.
Darby Translation
If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Julia Smith Translation
If thou wert wise, thou wert wise for thyself: and thou mockedst, thou alone shalt suffer.
King James 2000
If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scoff, you alone shall bear it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and [if] you scoff, alone you shall bear [it].
Modern King James verseion
If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself; but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If thou be wise, thy wisdom shall do thyself good: but if thou thinkest scorn thereof, it shall be thine own harm.
NET Bible
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.
New Heart English Bible
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
The Emphasized Bible
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself, but, if thou scoff, alone, shalt thou bear it.
Webster
If thou art 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest it.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 9:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolishness' Banquet
11
and years will be added to your life.
if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”
she is gullible and knows nothing.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 22:2-3
Can even a wise man be of use to Him?
Job 22:21
in this way
Job 35:6-7
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?
Proverbs 16:26
because his hunger
Isaiah 28:22
or your shackles will become stronger.
Indeed, I have heard from the Lord God of Hosts
a decree of destruction for the whole land.
Ezekiel 18:20
The person who sins is the one who will die.
2 Peter 3:3-4
First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days
2 Peter 3:16
He speaks about these things in all his letters in which there are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable twist them to their own destruction,