
Text -- Proverbs 9:12 (NET)




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Wesley -> Pro 9:12
Thou dost not profit me but thyself.
JFB -> Pro 9:12
You are mainly concerned in your own conduct.
Clarke -> Pro 9:12
Clarke: Pro 9:12 - -- If thou be wise - It is thy own interest to be religious. Though thy example may be very useful to thy neighbors and friends, yet the chief benefit ...
If thou be wise - It is thy own interest to be religious. Though thy example may be very useful to thy neighbors and friends, yet the chief benefit is to thyself. But if thou scorn - refuse to receive - the doctrines of wisdom, and die in thy sins, thou alone shalt suffer the vengeance of an offended God.
TSK -> Pro 9:12

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Barnes -> Pro 9:12
Barnes: Pro 9:12 - -- The great law of personal retribution (compare Mat 7:2). The Septuagint makes a curious addition to this verse, "My son, if thou wilt be wise for th...
The great law of personal retribution (compare Mat 7:2). The Septuagint makes a curious addition to this verse, "My son, if thou wilt be wise for thyself, thou shalt be wise also for thy neighbors; but if thou turn out evil, thou alone shalt bear evil. He who resteth on lies shall guide the winds, and the same shall hunt after winged birds, for he hath left the ways of his own vineyard, and has gone astray with the wheels of his own husbandry. He goeth through a wilderness without water, and over a land set in thirsty places, and with his hands he gathereth barrenness."
Poole -> Pro 9:12
Poole: Pro 9:12 - -- Thou shalt be wise for thyself thou dost not profit me, but thyself by it; I advise thee for thine own good.
Thou alone shalt bear it the blame and...
Thou shalt be wise for thyself thou dost not profit me, but thyself by it; I advise thee for thine own good.
Thou alone shalt bear it the blame and mischief of it falls wholly upon thee, not upon me, or my word, or ministers who have warned thee.
Gill -> Pro 9:12
Gill: Pro 9:12 - -- If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself,.... He is wise that harkens to Wisdom's advice, that obeys her call, turns in to her house, and becom...
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself,.... He is wise that harkens to Wisdom's advice, that obeys her call, turns in to her house, and becomes her guest; and such an one is wise for himself, it is for his own good, profit, and advantage; for the good of his soul, for his present peace and comfort, and for his future bliss and happiness. It is not for her own sake that Wisdom presses her exhortations, and is so urgent on men to take her counsel and advice; it is for their own good; their wisdom is not profitable to her, but to themselves; they, and they only, reap the advantage and usefulness of it; see Job 22:2. The Syriac and Arabic versions add, "and unto thy friends"; and the Septuagint version is, "if thou becomest wise to thyself, thou wilt be wise to neighbours"; they will receive some profit by it;
but if thou scornest, thou alone shall bear it; the evil, as the Vulgate Latin; the sin of scorning, and the punishment due unto it; it will bring no real hurt to Wisdom, or Christ, nor to his ministers, nor to his Gospel and ordinances, scoffed at; all the hurt will redound to the scoffer himself; and he alone shall bear it, and feel the smart of it, and all the dreadful consequences following upon it. The Septuagint version here adds the following clause,
"he that trusteth in lies, he feedeth on winds; the same pursues birds flying; for he forsakes the ways of his own vineyard; he wanders from the paths of his own husbandry; he passes through a desert without water, and a land destined to thirst, and he gathers unfruitfulness with his hands;''
and which are retained in the Syriac and Arabic version, but are not in the Hebrew text.

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NET Notes: Pro 9:12 The LXX has an addition: “Forsake folly, that you may reign forever; and seek discretion and direct understanding in knowledge.”
Geneva Bible -> Pro 9:12
Geneva Bible: Pro 9:12 If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for ( k ) thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
( k ) You will have the chief profit and ...

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TSK Synopsis -> Pro 9:1-18
TSK Synopsis: Pro 9:1-18 - --1 The discipline,4 and doctrine of wisdom.13 The custom,16 and error of folly.
MHCC -> Pro 9:1-12
MHCC: Pro 9:1-12 - --Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which nourishment is given here to those that believe in him, as well as mansi...
Matthew Henry -> Pro 9:1-12
Matthew Henry: Pro 9:1-12 - -- 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 kn...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 9:12
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 9:12 - --
This wisdom, resting on the fear of God, is itself a blessing to the wise:
"If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself;
And if thou mockest, thou...
Constable: Pro 1:1--9:18 - --I. DISCOURSES ON WISDOM chs. 1--9
Verse one introduces both the book as a whole and chapters 1-9 in particular. ...

Constable: Pro 8:1--9:18 - --C. The Value of Wisdom and Wise Conduct chs. 8-9
Solomon explained the value of wisdom in many ways alre...

Constable: Pro 9:1-18 - --2. Wisdom and folly contrasted ch. 9
This chapter contrasts wisdom and folly in a very symmetric...
