Proverbs 9:12

Proverbs 9:12 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

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

if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

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

And if you scoff, you alone will 9:12 Lit bearsuffer from it.

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

And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself [for your own benefit];

If you scoff [thoughtlessly ridicule and disdain], you alone will pay the penalty.

12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage;

but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

The Way of Folly

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

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