“If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.”
Proverbs 9:12 (BSB)
Context Reading
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 11For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. 12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences. 13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. 14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,