Even if I have sinned,\par it is my problem.\par It does not hurt you.\par
Proverbs 9:12 - Easy To Read Version If you become wise, then you have become wise for your own good. But if you become proud and make fun of other people, then only you are to blame for your trouble. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: But if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scorn, you alone will bear it and pay the penalty. American Standard Version (1901) If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it. Common English Bible If you are wise, it is to your benefit; if you are cynical, you will bear it all alone. Catholic Public Domain Version If you would be wise, you will be so for yourself. But if you would be one who ridicules, you alone shall carry the evil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil. |
Even if I have sinned,\par it is my problem.\par It does not hurt you.\par
“Now, Job, give yourself to God\par and make peace with him.\par Do this, and you will get many good things.\par
Evil people will be fully paid (punished) for the wrong things they do. And good people will be fully rewarded for the good things they do.
A worker’s appetite keeps him working. His hunger makes him work so that he can eat.
Now, you must not fight against those things. If you do, the ropes around you will become tighter.
The person that sins is the person that will be put to death! A son won’t be punished for his father’s sins. And a father won’t 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.
Paul writes like this about these things in all his letters. Sometimes there are things in Paul’s letters that are hard to understand. Some people explain those things falsely. Those people are ignorant and weak in faith. Those same people also falsely explain the other Scriptures. {\cf2\super [15]} But they are destroying themselves by doing that.