Proverbs 9:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

Cross References

Job 19:4

And, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself.

Job 22:21

Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

Proverbs 14:14

He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

Proverbs 16:26

The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.

Proverbs 19:29

Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

Isaiah 28:22

And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.

Ezekiel 18:20

The soul which does sin will be put to death: the son will not be made responsible for the evil-doing of the father, or the father for the evil-doing of the son; the righteousness of the upright will be on himself, and the evil-doing of the evil-doer on himself.

Zechariah 12:14

And all the other families by themselves, and their wives by themselves.

Galatians 6:5

Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.

2 Peter 3:16

And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.