Proverbs 9:12 Cross References - Brenton

¹² Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbours; and if thou shouldest prove wicked, thou alone wilt bear the evil. ^(9:12A) He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: ^(9:12B) for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; ^(9:12C) and he goes through a dry desert, and a land appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.

² Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge? ³ For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way?

²¹ Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper.

⁶ and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform? ⁷ And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?

²⁶ A man who labours, labours for himself, and drives from him his own ruin.

²² Therefore do not ye rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth.

²⁰ But the soul that sins shall die: and the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the iniquity of the transgressor shall be upon him.