Isaiah 5:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
  • 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems 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 catches the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
  • Job 11:12 : 12 For hollow man would be wise, though man is born like a wild donkey's colt.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Prov 26:16 : 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give an answer.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
  • Rom 1:22 : 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

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  • Isa 5:18-20
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    18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as if with a cart rope:

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    20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

  • Isa 29:15
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    15 Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?

  • Isa 5:11
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    11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them!

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    21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:

  • Prov 12:15
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    15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 3:7
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    7 Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

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

  • Jer 5:4
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    4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

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

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

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

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

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  • Jer 8:8-9
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    8 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Behold, certainly in vain he made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

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    15 Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, who puts the bottle to him, and makes him drunk also, that you may look on their nakedness!

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    2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9 The look on their faces testifies against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

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    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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    1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that seek counsel, but not from me; and that make a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

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

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