The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 9, Verse 12

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

King James Version

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].

American Standard Version

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

New English Translation

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you have mocked, you alone must bear it.

World English Bible

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.