Proverbs 9:12

God's Word

If you are wise, your wisdom will help you. If you mock, you alone will be held responsible.

Cross References

Job 19:4

Even if it were true that I’ve made a mistake without realizing it, my mistake would affect only me.

Job 22:21

“Be in harmony and at peace with God. In this way you will have prosperity.

Proverbs 14:14

A heart that turns ⌞from God⌟ becomes bored with its own ways, but a good person is satisfied with God’s ways.

Proverbs 16:26

A laborer’s appetite works to his advantage, because his hunger drives him on.

Proverbs 19:29

Punishments are set for mockers and beatings for the backs of fools.

Isaiah 28:22

Now stop laughing, or your chains will be tightened, because I have heard that the Almighty Lord of Armies has finally determined to destroy the whole land.

Ezekiel 18:20

The person who sins will die. A son will not be punished for his father’s sins, and a father will not be punished for his son’s sins. The righteousness of the righteous person will be his own, and the wickedness of the wicked person will be his own.

Zechariah 12:14

All the families that are left ⌞will mourn⌟, each by itself, and the wives by themselves.”

Galatians 6:5

Assume your own responsibility.

2 Peter 3:16

He talks about this subject in all his letters. Some things in his letters are hard to understand. Ignorant people and people who aren’t sure of what they believe distort what Paul says in his letters the same way they distort the rest of the Scriptures. These people will be destroyed.