Luke 11:35

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Luke 11:35

Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

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There is a way which seems right to a man,

But its end is the way of death.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who

substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;

Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
And the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.

No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.

For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error,

Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,