Go
Articles on

Proverbs 9

Prov. 9:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
12
Ifh thou be wise
chakam (Hebrew #2449)
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV usage: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Pronounce: khaw-kam'
, thou shalt be wise
chakam (Hebrew #2449)
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV usage: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Pronounce: khaw-kam'
for thyself: but if thou scornest
luwts (Hebrew #3887)
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
KJV usage: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Pronounce: loots
Origin: a primitive root
, thou alone shalt bear
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
it.
h
Job 35:6‑7• 6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
 7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? (Job 35:6‑7)
;
Ezek. 18:20• 20The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. (Ezek. 18:20)

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
Prov. 16:26• 26He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. (Prov. 16:26)
;
Job 22:2‑3,21• 2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
 3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
 21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. (Job 22:2‑3,21)
;
Job 35:6‑7• 6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
 7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? (Job 35:6‑7)
;
Isa. 28:22• 22Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. (Isa. 28:22)
;
Ezek. 18:20• 20The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. (Ezek. 18:20)
;
2 Peter 3:3‑4,16• 3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
 4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
 16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. (2 Peter 3:3‑4,16)
• Neither will God be the loser if the scorner persists in his senseless and foolhardy course. He alone shall bear it. Both in this life and the next, his folly shall be made manifest to himself and others. (“Proverbs Nine” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
12
If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.