Self-delusion
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A characteristic of wicked people
Ps 49:18
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
Psalms 49:18 -
Prosperity frequently leads to
Ps 30:6; Hos 12:8; Luke 12:17–19
6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Psalms 30:68 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
Hosea 12:817 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Luke 12:17 -
Obstinate sinners often given up to
Ps 81:11, 12; Hos 4:17; 2 Thess 2:10, 11
11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Psalms 81:1112 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Psalms 81:1217 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
Hosea 4:1710 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:1011 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2 Thessalonians 2:11 - Exhibited in thinking that
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Our own ways are right
Prov 14:12
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 14:12 -
We should adhere to established wicked practices
Jer 44:17
17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Jeremiah 44:17 -
We are pure
Prov 30:12
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Proverbs 30:12 -
We are better than others
Luke 18:11
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Luke 18:11 -
We are rich in spiritual things
Rev 3:17
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Revelation 3:17 -
We may have peace while in sin
Deut 29:19
19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Deuteronomy 29:19 -
We are above adversity
Ps 10:6
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
Psalms 10:6 -
Gifts entitle us to go to heaven
Matt 7:21, 22
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:2122 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Matthew 7:22 -
Privileges entitle us to enter heaven
Matt 3:9; Luke 13:25, 26
9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Matthew 3:925 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Luke 13:2526 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
Luke 13:26 -
God will not punish our sins
Jer 5:12
12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Jeremiah 5:12 -
Christ will not come to condemn us
2 Pet 3:4
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2 Peter 3:4 -
Our lives will be prolonged
Isa 56:12; Luke 12:19; Jas 4:13
12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Isaiah 56:1219 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Luke 12:1913 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
James 4:13 -
Frequently persevered in, to the end
Matt 7:22; 25:11, 12; Luke 13:24, 25
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Matthew 7:2211 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Matthew 25:1112 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Matthew 25:1224 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Luke 13:2425 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Luke 13:25 -
Fatal consequences of
Matt 7:23; 24:48–51; Luke 12:20; 1 Thess 5:3
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matthew 7:2348 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 24:4820 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Luke 12:203 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 - Exemplified
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Ahab
1 Kgs 20:27, 34
27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
1 Kings 20:2734 And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
1 Kings 20:34 -
Israelites
Hos 12:8
8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
Hosea 12:8 - Jews John 8:33, 41
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The Laodicean congregation
Rev 3:17
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Revelation 3:17 - See Confidence, false
- See Security, false
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
