Proverbs 9:12

Easy To Read Version

If you become wise, then you have become wise for your own good. But if you become proud and make fun of other people, then only you are to blame for your trouble.

Cross References

Job 19:4

Even if I have sinned,\par it is my problem.\par It does not hurt you.\par

Job 22:21

“Now, Job, give yourself to God\par and make peace with him.\par Do this, and you will get many good things.\par

Proverbs 14:14

Evil people will be fully paid (punished) for the wrong things they do. And good people will be fully rewarded for the good things they do.

Proverbs 16:26

A worker’s appetite keeps him working. His hunger makes him work so that he can eat.

Isaiah 28:22

Now, you must not fight against those things. If you do, the ropes around you will become tighter.

Ezekiel 18:20

The person that sins is the person that will be put to death! A son won’t be punished for his father’s sins. And a father won’t be punished for his son’s sins. A good man’s goodness belongs to him alone. And a bad man’s evil belongs to him alone.

Galatians 6:5

Each person must accept his own responsibility.

2 Peter 3:16

Paul writes like this about these things in all his letters. Sometimes there are things in Paul’s letters that are hard to understand. Some people explain those things falsely. Those people are ignorant and weak in faith. Those same people also falsely explain the other Scriptures. {\cf2\super [15]} But they are destroying themselves by doing that.