If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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Gill's Exposition
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,…
Barnes' Notes
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;…
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 known his goodwill towards men; God the Word is this…
Cambridge Bible
shalt be Rather, art. R.V.
The LXX. version of this verse is interesting, and represents perhaps a fuller Hebrew text:
"My son, if thou be wise to thyself, thou shalt be wise to thy neighbours also;
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