TOPICAL BIBLE
Self-Righteousness
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Numbers 16:3and they are assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and say unto them, ‘Enough of you! for all the company—all of them are holy, and in their midst is Jehovah; and wherefore do ye lift yourselves up above the assembly of Jehovah?’Deuteronomy 9:4‘Thou dost not speak in thy heart (in Jehovah thy God’s driving them away from before thee), saying, For my righteousness hath Jehovah brought me in to possess this land, seeing for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah dispossessing them from thy presence;Deuteronomy 9:5not for thy righteousness, and for the uprightness of thy heart, art thou going in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from before thee; and in order to establish the word which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;Deuteronomy 9:6and thou hast known, that not for thy righteousness is Jehovah thy God giving to thee this good land to possess it, for a people stiff of neck thou art.1 Samuel 2:9The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel cometh in unto Saul, and Saul saith to him, ‘Blessed art thou of Jehovah; I have performed the word of Jehovah.’1 Samuel 15:14And Samuel saith, ‘And what is the noise of this flock in mine ears—and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?’1 Samuel 15:15And Saul saith, ‘From Amalek they have brought them, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God, and the remnant we have devoted.’1 Samuel 15:16And Samuel saith unto Saul, ‘Desist, and I declare to thee that which Jehovah hath spoken unto me to-night;’ and he saith to him, ‘Speak.’1 Samuel 15:17And Samuel saith, ‘Art not thou, if thou art little in thine own eyes, head of the tribes of Israel? and Jehovah doth anoint thee for king over Israel,1 Samuel 15:18and Jehovah sendeth thee in the way, and saith, Go, and thou hast devoted the sinners, the Amalekite, and fought against them till they are consumed;1 Samuel 15:19and why hast thou not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah—and dost fly unto the spoil, and dost do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah?’1 Samuel 15:20And Saul saith unto Samuel, ‘Because—I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and I go in the way which Jehovah hath sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted;1 Samuel 15:21and the people taketh of the spoil of the flock and herd, the first part of the devoted thing, for sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.’1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel saith, ‘Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as in hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;1 Samuel 15:23for a sin of divination is rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim is stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from being king.’1 Samuel 15:24And Saul saith unto Samuel, ‘I have sinned, for I passed over the command of Jehovah, and thy words; because I have feared the people, I also hearken to their voice;1 Samuel 15:25and now, bear, I pray thee, with my sin, and turn back with me, and I bow myself to Jehovah.’1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel saith unto Saul, ‘I do not turn back with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth reject thee from being king over Israel.’1 Samuel 15:27And Samuel turneth round to go, and he layeth hold on the skirt of his upper robe—and it is rent!1 Samuel 15:28And Samuel saith unto him, ‘Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to-day, and given it to thy neighbour who is better than thou;1 Samuel 15:29and also, the Pre-eminence of Israel doth not lie nor repent, for He is not a man to be penitent.’1 Samuel 15:30And he saith, ‘I have sinned; now, honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me; and I have bowed myself to Jehovah thy God.’1 Samuel 15:31And Samuel turneth back after Saul, and Saul boweth himself to Jehovah;Job 6:13Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?Job 11:4And thou sayest, ‘Pure is my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.’Job 11:5And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.Job 11:6And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, Some of thine iniquity.Job 12:2Truly—ye are the people, And with you doth wisdom die.Job 13:3Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.Job 13:13Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?Job 13:15Lo, He doth slay me—I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.Job 13:18Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.Job 13:19Who is he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.Job 16:17Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.Job 16:18O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.Job 18:2When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.Job 18:3Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!Job 18:4(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?Job 21:27Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.Job 21:28For ye say, ‘Where is the house of the noble? And where the tent—The tabernacles of the wicked?’Job 21:29Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?Job 22:2To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?Job 22:3Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?Job 32:1And these three men cease from answering Job, for he is righteous in his own eyes,Job 32:2and burn doth the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job hath his anger burned, because of his justifying himself more than God;Job 33:8Surely—thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:Job 33:9Pure am I, without transgression, Innocent am I, and I have no iniquity.Job 35:2This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said—‘My righteousness is more than God’s?’Job 35:7If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?Job 35:8For a man like thyself is thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.Psalm 10:5Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries—he puffeth at them.Psalm 10:6He hath said in his heart, ‘I am not moved,’ To generation and generation not in evil.Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.Proverbs 14:12There is a way—right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.Proverbs 20:6A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.Proverbs 25:14Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, Is a man boasting himself in a false gift.Proverbs 25:27The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one’s own honour—honour.
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