Proverbs 9:12
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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Proverbs 16:26
A worker's appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

Job 22:2, 3, 21
"Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him? . . .

Job 35:6, 7
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him? . . .

Isaiah 28:22
So 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 18:20
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of the father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.

2 Peter 3:3, 4, 16
First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

King James Bible
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences."

International Standard Version
If you are wise, your wisdom will assist you. If you mock, you alone will be held responsible.

NET Bible
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
My son, if you are wise, you are wise for yourself and for your friends, and if you will be evil, you alone will draw out your evils. The one who denies falsely, feeds on the winds and pursues a bird of the sky, for he has forsaken his service to travel in the desert without water, and from beside the path of his vineyard, and he forgets the trodden paths; he travels in thirst, and he will gather nothing!
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