Proverbs 9:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

If you become wise, it will be for your own good. If you are rude and show no respect, you are the one who will suffer.

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:20

The one who sins is the one who will be put to death. A son will not be punished for his father’s sins, and a father will not 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.

Job 22:21

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

Proverbs 16:26

The thought of hunger keeps the workers working so that they can eat.

Isaiah 28:22

Now don’t complain about these things. If you fight against them, you will only tighten the ropes around you. The words I heard will not change. They came from the Lord GOD All-Powerful, the ruler of all the earth, and these things will be done.

2 Peter 3:16

That’s what he says in all his letters when he writes about these things. There are parts of his letters that are hard to understand, and some people give a wrong meaning to them. These people are ignorant and weak in faith. They also give wrong meanings to the other Scriptures. But they are destroying themselves by doing that.

Galatians 6:5

You must each accept the responsibilities that are yours.

Proverbs 14:14

Evil people will be paid back for the wrong they do, and good people will be rewarded for the good they do.

Proverbs 19:29

People who show no respect for anything must be brought to justice. You must punish such fools.

Job 19:4

Even if I have sinned, it is my problem, not yours!

Zechariah 12:14

And the same thing will happen in all the other tribes. The men and women will cry by themselves.”