Proverbs 9:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.”
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“If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned--thyself bearest <FI>it<Fi> .”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 9:12 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 19:4Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.
- Job 22:2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
- Job 22:3Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
- Job 22:21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
- Job 35:6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
- Proverbs 16:26A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
- Isaiah 28:22So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
- Ezekiel 18:20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
- Zechariah 12:14and all the remaining clans and their wives.
- 2 Peter 3:3Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
- 2 Peter 3:16He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
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