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Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

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ASV

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

KJV

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

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7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
חָ֭כַמְתָּCha.kham.tayou are wiseH2449 →
חָכַ֣מְתָּcha.Kham.tayou are wiseH2449 →
לָּ֑ךְLakhfor yourself
וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּve.Latz.taand you mockH3887 →
לְֽבַדְּךָ֥le.va.de.Khato alone youH905 →
תִשָּֽׂא׃ti.Sa'you will bear [it]H5375 →

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Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.Proverbs 3:34He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.Job 22:2–3“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?2 Peter 3:3–4Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.Ezekiel 18:20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.Job 35:7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?Job 5:27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”Job 22:21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.Proverbs 16:26A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.Job 19:4Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.Isaiah 28:22So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.2 Peter 3:16He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.Job 35:6–7If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?Zechariah 12:14and all the remaining clans and their wives.Deuteronomy 6:24And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.Job 22:2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?Job 35:6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?

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