Isaiah 5:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Wo `to' the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;
  • 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise, 19 for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, `Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;' 20 and again, `The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'
  • Job 11:12 : 12 And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
  • Prov 26:16 : 16 Wiser `is' the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven `men' returning a reason.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus said to them, `If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say -- We see, therefore doth your sin remain.
  • Rom 1:22 : 22 professing to be wise, they were made fools,
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret -- that ye may not be wise in your own conceits -- that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

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  • Isa 5:18-20
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    18Wo `to' those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as `with' thick ropes of the cart -- sin.

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  • Isa 29:15
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    21Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool `is' right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel `is' wise.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

  • Prov 3:7
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    7Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine `is' a scorner -- strong drink `is' noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

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    4And I -- I said, `Surely these `are' poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.

  • Ezek 13:3
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    3Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo unto the prophets who are foolish, Who are going after their own spirit, And they have seen nothing.

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    8The wisdom of the prudent `is' to understand his way, And the folly of fools `is' deceit.

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    18Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

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  • Prov 1:31-32
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    31And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

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    8How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

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  • Hab 2:15
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    15Wo `to' him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.

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    2Every way of a man `is' right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

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    9The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Wo to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

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    11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

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    22For my people `are' foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons `are' they, yea, they `are' not intelligent, Wise `are' they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

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    1Wo `to' those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel.

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    1Wo `to' the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, That `is' on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine.

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    4Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked `is' sin.

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    12The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

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    1Wo `to' those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.

  • Rom 1:22
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    22professing to be wise, they were made fools,

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

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    12The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

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    3The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

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