Proverbs 1:31

The Passion Translation

now you will eat the bitter fruit of your own ways. You’ve made your own bed; now lie in it! So how do you like that?

Cross References

Psalm 81:13

O that my people would once and for all listen to me and walk faithfully in my footsteps, following my ways.

Proverbs 12:14

For there is great satisfaction in speaking the truth, and hard work brings blessings back to you.

Proverbs 13:2

The words of the wise are kind and easy to swallow, but the unbeliever just wants to pick a fight and argue.

Proverbs 14:14

Those who turn from the truth get what they deserve, but a good person receives a sweet reward.

Proverbs 22:8

Sin is a seed that brings a harvest; you’ll reap a heap of trouble with every seed you plant. For your investment in sins pays a full return— the full punishment you deserve!

Proverbs 5:22

Beware that your sins don’t overtake you and that the scars of your own conscience don’t become the ropes that tie you up.

Proverbs 5:23

Those who choose wickedness die for lack of self-control, for their foolish ways lead them astray, carrying them away as hostages— kidnapped captives robbed of destiny.

Proverbs 8:36

But those who stumble and miss me will be sorry they did! For ignoring what I have to say will bring harm to your own soul. Those who hate me are simply flirting with death!”

Isaiah 66:4

So I chose to punish them and to bring on them what they fear the most because I called out to them and they ignored me. I spoke and they did not listen but did what is evil in my sight and chose what I despise.”

Jeremiah 14:16

And those who foolishly believed these prophecies will meet the same end. They will all die from war and food shortages, along with their wives and sons and daughters. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, with no one to bury them. For I will bring evil to them as they have been evil.”

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness punishes you. Your own unfaithfulness rebukes you. Look deep into your heart and you will learn how evil and bitter it is to forsake me, Yahweh your God, and have no awe of me. I, Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 21:14

I will punish you as your evil deeds deserve, declares Yahweh. And I will kindle a fire in your forest, and it will consume everything around you.”

Jeremiah 6:19

Hear, O earth! I am bringing a catastrophe to these people, the fruit of their own evil schemes. For they refused to listen to my words, and threw all my instructions and warnings to the wind.”

Ezekiel 22:31

So I will pour out my fury on them, and like a fire I will destroy them. I will punish them for the evil they have done. I, Lord Yahweh, have spoken.”