Isaiah 5:21

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
  • 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
  • Job 11:12 : 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
  • Prov 26:16 : 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
  • Rom 1:22 : 22 Pfessing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

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    18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

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    7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

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    31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

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