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Proverbs 9:12

12  sIf you are wise, you are wise for yourself;

if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

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Proverbs 9:12 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;

if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

Proverbs 9:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself:

But if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Proverbs 9:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.

If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.

Proverbs 9:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,

And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”

Proverbs 9:12 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 The wise person is rewarded by wisdom,

but whoever makes fun of wisdom will suffer for it.”

Proverbs 9:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself;

And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Proverbs 9:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Proverbs 9:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 If you are wise, your wisdom will help you. 

If you mock, you alone will be held responsible. 

Proverbs 9:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;

if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”

Proverbs 9:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;

if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

Proverbs 9:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,

and if you scoff, alone you shall bear it.

Proverbs 9:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you.

If you make fun of others, you alone will suffer.”

Proverbs 9:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,

And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.


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