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Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage;

but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

Proverbs 9:12 BSB

Proverbs 9:12 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 22:2–3 (6 votes) and Ezekiel 18:20 (5 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Deuteronomy 6 to 2 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 9:12 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Job 22:2–36 votes

    “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him? Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

  2. Ezekiel 18:205 votes

    The 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.

  3. 2 Peter 3:3–45 votes

    Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

  4. Job 22:214 votes

    Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

  5. Proverbs 16:263 votes

    A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

  6. Job 35:6–72 votes

    If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him? If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

  7. Isaiah 28:222 votes

    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.

  8. 2 Peter 3:162 votes

    He 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.

Which verses point to Proverbs 9:12?

The 10 strongest of 12.