Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
If
He deceiveth
General references
Bible References
If
Galatians 2:6
Now from those recognized as important (what they really were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism)—they added nothing to me.
Proverbs 25:14 The man who boasts about a gift that does not exist
is like clouds and wind without rain.
is like clouds and wind without rain.
Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Luke 18:11 The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.
1 Corinthians 3:18
No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.
1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it.
When
1 Corinthians 13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy
and understand all mysteries
and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith
so that I can move mountains
but do not have love, I am nothing.
and understand all mysteries
and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith
so that I can move mountains
but do not have love, I am nothing.
2 Corinthians 3:5
It is not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool; you forced it on me. I should have been endorsed by you, since I am not in any way inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
He deceiveth
1 Corinthians 3:18
No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.
2 Timothy 3:13
Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.
James 1:22
But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
1 John 1:8
If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
General references
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.
but its end is the way to death.
1 Corinthians 3:7
So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.