Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Destroy thyself
Bible References
Be not
Matthew 6:1
Take care not to practise your charity before men in order to be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,
Matthew 9:14
Then the disciples of John came up to him and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast a great deal, and your disciples do not fast?"
Matthew 15:2
"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands when they take their food."
Matthew 23:5
Besides, all they do is done to catch the notice of men; they make their phylacteries broad, they wear large tassels,
Luke 18:12
Twice a week I fast; on all my income I pay tithes.'
Romans 10:2
I can vouch for their zeal for God; only, it is not zeal with knowledge.
Philippians 3:6
in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness.
Neither
Romans 11:25
To prevent you from being self-conceited, brothers, I would like you to understand this secret: it is only a partial insensibility that has come over Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in.
Romans 12:3
In virtue of my office, I tell everyone of your number who is self-important, that he is not to think more of himself than he ought to think; he must take a sane view of himself, corresponding to the degree of faith which God has assigned to each.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself about this; whoever of you imagines he is wise with this world's wisdom must become a 'fool,' if he is really to be wise.
Colossians 2:18
Let no one lay down rules for you as he pleases, with regard to fasting and the cult of angels, presuming on his visions and inflated by his sensuous notions,
James 3:13
Who among you is wise and learned? Let him show by his good conduct, with the modesty of wisdom, what his deeds are.
Destroy thyself
Matthew 23:38
See, your House is left to you, desolate.
Revelation 18:19
They threw dust on their heads and cried, as they wept and wailed, 'Woe and alas for the great City, where all shipmen made rich profit by her treasures! Gone, gone in one brief hour!'