TOPICAL BIBLE
Self-Righteousness
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Luke 18:10“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.Luke 18:12I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’Luke 18:13But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”Luke 18:18Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”Luke 18:19“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.Luke 18:20You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”Luke 18:21“All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.Luke 18:22On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”Luke 18:23But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.John 8:33“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”John 8:34Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.John 8:35A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever.John 8:36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.John 8:37I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.John 8:38I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”John 8:39“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.John 8:40But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.John 8:41You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”John 8:42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.John 8:43Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.John 8:45But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!John 8:46Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?John 8:47Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”John 8:48The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”John 8:49“I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.John 8:50I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.John 8:51Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”John 8:52“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.John 8:53Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’John 8:55You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.John 8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”John 8:57Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”John 8:58“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”John 8:59At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.John 9:28Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.John 9:29We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”John 9:30“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.John 9:31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.John 9:32Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.John 9:33If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”John 9:34They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.John 9:39Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”John 9:40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”John 9:41“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;Romans 2:18if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;Romans 2:19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,Romans 2:20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—Romans 3:27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.Romans 11:19You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”Romans 11:20That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.Romans 11:21For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.2 Corinthians 10:17Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”2 Corinthians 10:18For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.