Self-righteousness
7 links · from Deuteronomy 9:4
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Deuteronomy 9:4
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
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Job 9:20
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
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Job 35:2
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
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Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
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Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
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Proverbs 20:6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908), by Frank Charles Thompson.