| Self-Righteousness �But you have said in my hearing - I heard the very words - �I am pure and without sin; I am clean and free from guilt.�� - Job 33:8,9 �Do you think this is just? You say, �I will be cleared by God.� - Job 35:2 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever intheir own sight. - Isaiah 5:21 Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea; the Almighty pays no attention to it. - Job 35:13 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. - Proverbs 26:12 If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. - Galatians 6:3 But, �Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.� For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. - 2 Corinthians 10:17,18 Jesus said, �If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.� - John 9:41 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all of our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. - Isaiah 64:6 A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the Lord will prosper. He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe. - Proverbs 28:25,26 He said to them, �You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God�s sight.� - Luke 16:15 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else and not your own lips. - Proverbs 27:2 |