NET Bible
"If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you have mocked, you alone must bear it."
— Proverbs 9:12, NET Bible
“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 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.”
“If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.”
Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.
For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you have mocked, you alone must bear it.
The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.
And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.