Proverbs 9:12

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If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
World English Bible (WEB)
If thou be wise{H2449}{(H8804)}, thou shalt be wise{H2449}{(H8804)} for thyself: but if thou scornest{H3887}{(H8804)}, thou alone shalt bear{H5375}{(H8799)} it.
Strong's King James
If wise, you are wise for yourself, If you scoff, you alone carry it.
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The F.O.G Paraphrase
If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned—thyself bearest it.
Young's Literal Translation

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