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Proverbs 9:12-14
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 9:12-14
Evangelical Heritage Version
12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage.
But if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
Lady Folly’s Banquet
13 The woman Folly is boisterous.
She is deluded. She knows nothing.
14 She sits at the doorway of her house,
on a throne on the heights of the city,
Proverbs 9:12-14
New International Version
Proverbs 9:12-14
New International Version
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
Proverbs 9:12-14
New King James Version
Proverbs 9:12-14
New King James Version
12 (A)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”
The Way of Folly
13 (B)A foolish woman is [a]clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.
14 For she sits at the door of her house,
On a seat (C)by the highest places of the city,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:13 boisterous
Proverbs 9:12-14
English Standard Version
Proverbs 9:12-14
English Standard Version
12 (A)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
The Way of Folly
13 (B)The woman Folly is (C)loud;
she is seductive[a] and (D)knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat on (E)the highest places of the town,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:13 Or full of simpleness
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English Standard Version (ESV) 
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