Romans 2:19

American Standard Version (1901)

and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

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  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
  • John 9:40-41 : 40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
  • 1 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. 2 If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
  • John 7:46-49 : 46 The officers answered, Never man so spake. 47 The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray? 48 Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? 49 But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.
  • John 9:34 : 34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
  • Matt 23:16-26 : 16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. 17 Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor. 19 Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel! 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.
  • Mark 10:15 : 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
  • Isa 49:9-9 : 9 saying to them that are bound, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture. 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.
  • Matt 5:14 : 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
  • Matt 6:23 : 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 2:20-21
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    20a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;

    21thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

  • Rom 2:17-18
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    17But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,

    18and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

  • 7desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.

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    14But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them.

    15And that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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    35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

    36If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

  • 19For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise [yourselves] .

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

    2And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things.

    3And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

  • 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:

  • 10For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.

  • 15that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

  • Eph 4:17-18
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    17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

    18being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

  • 39And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

  • 14And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

  • 8For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

  • 11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

  • 11knowing that such a one is perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned.

  • 22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

  • 19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

  • 19And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

  • 4in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them] .

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    18Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

  • 21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

  • 10But thou didst follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,

  • 23thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God?

  • 6Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

  • 10so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;

  • 23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • 7ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

  • 4he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

  • 3For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

  • 14Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

  • 12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • 6Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • 29For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

  • 17Ye therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

  • 9For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

  • 2If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;

  • 4do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • 14Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

  • 7Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also are we.

  • 4that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed.

  • 10I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.