Self-Righteousness

A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Self-Righteousness’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.

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Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

Psalms 10:5 OT

His ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
Psalms 10:6 OT

He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”
Proverbs 12:15 OT

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
Proverbs 14:12 OT

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
Proverbs 16:2 OT

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.
Proverbs 20:6 OT

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
Proverbs 21:2 OT

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
Proverbs 25:14 OT

As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
Proverbs 25:27 OT

It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
Proverbs 26:12 OT

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 27:2 OT

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:21 OT

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
Proverbs 28:13 OT

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Proverbs 28:26 OT

One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
Proverbs 30:12 OT

There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Proverbs 30:13 OT

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
Isaiah 5:21 OT

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah 28:17 OT

I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
Isaiah 28:20 OT

For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
Isaiah 47:7 OT

You said, ‘I will be a princess forever,’ so that you didn’t lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the results.
Isaiah 50:11 OT

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves, walk in the flame of your fire, and among the torches that you have kindled. You will have this from my hand: you will lie down in sorrow.
Isaiah 64:6 OT

For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Isaiah 65:3-5 OT

a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks; who sit among the graves, and spend nights in secret places; who eat pig’s meat, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; who…
Jeremiah 2:13 OT

“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.