Proverbs 9:12

New International Reader's Version

If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you. If you make fun of others, you alone will suffer.

Cross References

Job 19:4

Suppose it’s true that I’ve gone down the wrong path. Then it’s my concern, not yours.

Job 22:21

“Job, obey God and be at peace with him. Then he will help you succeed.

Proverbs 14:14

Those who aren’t faithful will be paid back for what they’ve done. And good people will receive rewards for how they’ve lived.

Proverbs 16:26

The hunger of workers makes them work. Their hunger drives them on.

Proverbs 19:29

Those who make fun of others will be judged. Foolish people will be punished.

Isaiah 28:22

Now stop making fun of me. If you don’t, your chains will become heavier. The Lord who rules over all has spoken to me. The Lord has told me he has ordered that the whole land be destroyed.

Ezekiel 18:20

A person will die because of their own sins. A child will not be guilty because of what their parent did. And a parent will not be guilty because of what their child did. The right things a godly person does will be added to their account. The wrong things a sinful person does will be charged against them.

Zechariah 12:14

all the others.

Galatians 6:5

Each person should carry their own load.

2 Peter 3:16

Paul writes the same way in all his letters. He speaks about what I have just told you. His letters include some things that are hard to understand. People who don’t know better and aren’t firm in the faith twist what he says. They twist the other Scriptures too. So they will be destroyed.