TOPICAL BIBLE
Self-Righteousness
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Numbers 16:3And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, [Ye take] too much upon you, seeing all the congregation [are] holy, every one of them, and the LORD [is] among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?Deuteronomy 9:4Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.Deuteronomy 9:5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Deuteronomy 9:6Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a stiffnecked people.1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.1 Samuel 15:14And Samuel said, What [meaneth] then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?1 Samuel 15:15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.1 Samuel 15:16Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.1 Samuel 15:17And Samuel said, When thou [wast] little in thine own sight, [wast] thou not [made] the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?1 Samuel 15:18And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.1 Samuel 15:19Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?1 Samuel 15:20And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.1 Samuel 15:21But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.1 Samuel 15:23For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from [being] king.1 Samuel 15:24And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.1 Samuel 15:25Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.1 Samuel 15:27And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.1 Samuel 15:28And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, [that is] better than thou.1 Samuel 15:29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.1 Samuel 15:30Then he said, I have sinned: [yet] honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.1 Samuel 15:31So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.Job 6:13[Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?Job 11:4For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.Job 11:5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;Job 11:6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].Job 12:2No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you.Job 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.Job 13:13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what [will].Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.Job 13:18Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be justified.Job 13:19Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.Job 16:17Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.Job 16:18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.Job 18:2How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.Job 18:3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?Job 18:4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.Job 21:28For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?Job 21:29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,Job 22:2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?Job 22:3[Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?Job 32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he [was] righteous in his own eyes.Job 32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.Job 33:8Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],Job 33:9I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.Job 35:2Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?Job 35:7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?Job 35:8Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]; and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.Psalm 10:5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.Psalm 10:6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.Proverbs 20:6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.Proverbs 25:14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.Proverbs 25:27[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
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