Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage;
What it says
If one is wise, the benefit is personal; if one mocks, the burden is borne alone.
What it is doing
This verse closes the section with individual responsibility for response.
In context
1Wisdom has built her house; 2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; 3She has sent out her maidservants; 4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” 5“Come, eat my bread 6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; 7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; 8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; 9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, 11For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, 12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage;