Isaiah 5:21

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Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight!

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  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
  • 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this age, let them become foolish so that they may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.' 20 And again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'
  • Job 11:12 : 12 But an empty-headed man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born as a human being!
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
  • Prov 26:16 : 16 The lazy person is wiser in their own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you claim, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
  • Rom 1:22 : 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not become conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

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    22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,

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  • Isa 5:18-20
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    18Woe to those who drag iniquity with cords of falsehood and sin as if with cart ropes!

    19To those who say, 'Let God hurry and work quickly so we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so we may know it!'

    20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who make bitter sweet and sweet bitter!

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    15Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their work in darkness and think, 'Who sees us? Who knows us?'

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    11Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.

  • Jer 5:21
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    21Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

  • Prov 3:7
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    7Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Then I thought, 'These are only the poor; they are foolish because they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.'

  • Ezek 13:3
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    3This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    18Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this age, let them become foolish so that they may become wise.

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'

    20And again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'

  • Prov 1:31-32
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    31Therefore they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes.

    32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • Jer 8:8-9
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    8How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us,’ when the false pen of the scribes has produced lies?

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  • Prov 21:2
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    2Every person's way seems right in their own eyes, but the LORD evaluates the hearts.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they openly declare their sin; they do not try to conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

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    11A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.

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    1Woe to those who are complacent in Zion and trust in Mount Samaria, notable men among the foremost of nations, to whom the house of Israel comes.

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    15Be very careful, then, how you walk—not as unwise but as wise.

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    22Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

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    1Woe to rebellious children, declares the LORD, who carry out plans that are not mine and make alliances without my Spirit, adding sin to sin.

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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

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    13He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.

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    3The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

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