Proverbs 9:12

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

Job 22:2-3

"Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?

Job 22:21

"Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

Job 35:6-7

If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

Proverbs 16:26

A laborer's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him to work.

Isaiah 28:22

So now, do not mock, or your chains will become heavier! For I have heard a message about decreed destruction, from the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, against the entire land.

Ezekiel 18:20

The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father's iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son's iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.

2 Peter 3:3-4

Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges

2 Peter 3:16

speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 16:26
A laborer's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him to work.
Job 22:2
"Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?
Job 35:6
If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?
Isaiah 28:22
So now, do not mock, or your chains will become heavier! For I have heard a message about decreed destruction, from the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, against the entire land.
Ezekiel 18:20
The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father's iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son's iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.
2 Peter 3:3
Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges

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