Proverbs 9:12 (WEB)
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
Fathers and councils · 4
Hippolytus of Rome
- Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §13On Proverbs
“Observe that the wise man must be useful to many; so that he who is useful only to himself cannot be wise.” — editor's note: Ch. ix. 12.
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John Chrysostom
““For if thou be evil,” it is said, “thou alone shalt endure the evil; but if good, it is for thyself and for thy neighbor.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 12, LXX.
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Ambrose of Milan
“This we can plainly see declared in the book of Proverbs, where the Holy Spirit says through Solomon: “My son, if thou be wise, be wise for thyself and thy neighbours; but if thou turn out evil, thou alone shalt bear it.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 12.
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Clement of Alexandria
““And he who relies on falsehoods, feeds on the winds, and pursues winged birds.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 12.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.