King James Version with Apocrypha
"If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it."
— Proverbs 9:12, King James Version with Apocrypha
“If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.”
“If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it. ”
“If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.”
“If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you have mocked, you alone must bear it.”
“If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.”
“If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.”
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
To call passengers who go right on their ways: