Proverbs 9:12

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:2-3 : 2 Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself. 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
  • Job 22:21 : 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.
  • Job 35:6-7 : 6 If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?
  • Prov 16:26 : 26 The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him [thereto] .
  • Isa 28:22 : 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.
  • Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
  • 2 Pet 3:3-4 : 3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts, 4 and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 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.

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  • Prov 9:6-9
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    6Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

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  • Prov 14:6-8
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    6A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

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    12A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.

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    11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

  • Prov 3:35
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  • Prov 26:12
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  • Prov 21:11
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    11When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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    33If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 19:25
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    25Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 15:12
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    12A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

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  • Prov 19:20
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    20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

  • Prov 1:22
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    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

  • Prov 14:16
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    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
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    19For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise [yourselves] .

  • Eccl 7:5
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  • Prov 13:20
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    4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

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    16Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

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    18The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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