TOPICAL BIBLE
Self-Righteousness
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Proverbs 26:12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.Proverbs 27:2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.Proverbs 27:21The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.Proverbs 28:13He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.Proverbs 30:13There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.Isaiah 5:21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!Isaiah 28:17And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.Isaiah 28:20For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.Isaiah 47:7And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.Isaiah 50:11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves about with firebrands; walk ye in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.Isaiah 64:6For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.Isaiah 65:3a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;Isaiah 65:4that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;Isaiah 65:5that say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.Jeremiah 2:13For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.Jeremiah 2:22For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.Jeremiah 2:23How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;Jeremiah 2:34Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.Jeremiah 2:35Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.Jeremiah 7:4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.Jeremiah 8:8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.Jeremiah 49:4Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?Jeremiah 49:16As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.Hosea 12:8And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.Amos 6:13ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?Habakkuk 2:4Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.Zephaniah 3:11In that day shalt thou not be put to shame for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain.Matthew 7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?Matthew 7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.Matthew 9:10And it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?Matthew 9:12But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.Matthew 9:13But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.Matthew 16:6And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.Matthew 19:16And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?Matthew 19:17And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.Matthew 19:18He saith unto him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,Matthew 19:19Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.Matthew 19:20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet?Matthew 19:21Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.Matthew 19:22But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions.Matthew 22:12and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.Matthew 22:13Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.Matthew 23:29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,Matthew 23:30and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.Matthew 23:31Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.Mark 2:16And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?Mark 8:15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.Mark 10:17And as he was going forth into the way, there ran one to him, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?Mark 10:18And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good save one, even God.Mark 10:19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.Mark 10:20And he said unto him, Teacher, all these things have I observed from my youth.Mark 10:21And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.Mark 10:22But his countenance fell at the saying, and he went away sorrowful: for he was one that had great possessions.Luke 5:30And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?Luke 7:36And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.Luke 7:37And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment,