Proverbs 9:12

¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

¹¹ For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

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

¹³ The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

¹⁴ She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
KJV: If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
WEB: If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
ASV: If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
DARBY: If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
BLB: If you have been wise, you have been wise for yourself, and [if] you have scoffed, you will bear [it] for yourself alone.

ÅB: Er du vis, så er du vis til ditt eget gagn, og er du en spotter, skal du alene lide for det.
OTB: Hvis du er vis, gagner din visdom deg; hvis du spotter, må du bære det alene.
B1930: Er du vis, så er du vis til ditt eget gagn, og er du en spotter, skal du alene lide for det.

Job 22:2–3
“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
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Ezekiel 18:20
The 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.
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2 Peter 3:3–4
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
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Job 22:21
Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
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Proverbs 16:26
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
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2 Peter 3:16
He 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.
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Job 35:6–7
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
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Isaiah 28:22
So 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.
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