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
He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Job 22:2
Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
Job 35:6
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
2 Peter 3:3
Knowing this first, that there will come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,