Proverbs 8:36

The Passion Translation

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!”

Cross References

Proverbs 1:31

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?

Proverbs 1:32

Like an idiot you’ve turned away from me and chosen destruction instead. Your self-satisfied smugness will kill you.

Proverbs 12:1

To learn the truth you must long to be teachable, or you can despise correction and remain ignorant.

Proverbs 15:32

Refusing constructive criticism shows you have no interest in improving your life, for revelation-insight only comes as you accept correction and the wisdom that it brings.

Proverbs 20:2

The rage of a king is like the roar of a lion. Do you really want to go and make him angry?

Proverbs 21:6

You can make a fortune dishonestly, but your crime will hold you in the snares of death!

Isaiah 3:9

The look on their impudent faces says it all, for they publicly flaunt their sin like Sodom, not even trying to hide it. Woe to their souls, for they invite disaster upon themselves.

Jeremiah 27:13

Otherwise you will die together with your people by sword, food shortages, and pestilence, as Yahweh has threatened any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon.

Ezekiel 18:31

You must get rid of all the guilty sins you have committed and clothe yourselves with a new heart and a new spirit. People of Israel, choose life!

Ezekiel 33:11

“Say to them, ‘As surely as I, Lord Yahweh, exist—I take no delight in the death of the wicked, but I delight in seeing them turn from their ways so they can live. So, repent and turn from your evil ways. People of Israel, why would you want to die? Turn and come back to me!’

Acts 13:46

Yet Paul and Barnabas did not back down. Filled with courage, they boldly replied, “We were compelled to bring God’s message first to you Jews. But seeing you’ve rejected this message and refuse to embrace eternal life, we will focus instead on the nations and offer it to them.

Acts 16:28

when Paul shouted in the darkness, “Stop! Don’t hurt yourself. We’re all still here.”

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone doesn’t sincerely love the Lord, he deserves to be doomed as an outcast. Our Lord has come!

Hebrews 10:29

How much more severely do you suppose a person deserves to be judged who has contempt for God’s Son, and who scorns the blood of the new covenant that made him holy, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 2:3

then how would we expect to escape punishment if we despise the very truths that give us life? The Lord himself was the first to announce these things, and those who heard him firsthand confirmed their accuracy.