Proverbs 9:12 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹² A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: But if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scorn, you alone will bear it and pay the penalty.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Common English Bible

¹² If you are wise, it is to your benefit; if you are cynical, you will bear it all alone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² If you would be wise, you will be so for yourself. But if you would be one who ridicules, you alone shall carry the evil.

Proverbs 9:12 Cross References

Job 19:4

He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head.

Job 22:21

6 Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

Proverbs 14:14

1 He that despiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but he that sheweth mercy to the poor, shall be blessed. He that believeth in the Lord, loveth mercy.

Proverbs 16:26

3 Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.

Proverbs 19:29

The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.

Isaiah 28:22

WOE to Ariel, to Ariel the city which David took: year is added to year: the solemnities are at an end.

Ezekiel 18:20

8 Because he considereth and turneth away himself from all his iniquities which he hath wrought, he shall surely live, and not die.

Zechariah 12:14

And there shall be in all the earth, saith the Lord, two parts in it shall be scattered, and shall perish: but the third part shall be left therein.

Galatians 6:5

4 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

2 Peter 3:16

But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.