Ecclesiastes 7:16
So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed.
Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.
Proverbs 25:16
When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.
Philippians 3:6
In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Job 11:12
But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey's colt is born a human being.
Job 28:28
And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"
Proverbs 23:4
Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Ecclesiastes 12:12
Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. There is no end to the making of many books, and much study is exhausting to the body.
Matthew 6:1-7
"Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
Matthew 9:14
Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
Matthew 15:2-9
"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat."
Matthew 23:5
They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.
Matthew 23:23-24
"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law -- justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.
Matthew 23:29
"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.
Matthew 23:38
Look, your house is left to you desolate!
Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.'
Romans 10:2
For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
Romans 11:25
For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.
1 Corinthians 3:20
And again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."
Colossians 2:18
Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.
Colossians 2:23
Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and false humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body -- a wisdom with no true value -- they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.
1 Timothy 4:3
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
James 3:13-17
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.
Revelation 18:19
And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, "Woe, Woe, O great city -- in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth -- because in a single hour she has been destroyed!"