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Proverbs 9:12 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 9 · verse 12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.Proverbs 9:12 · King James Version
Proverbs 9:12 in context
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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Wisdom is here introduced as a magnificent and munificent queen, very great and very generous; that Word of God is this Wisdom in which God makes known his goodwill towards men; God the Word is this Wisdom, to whom the Father has committed all judgment.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12