Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your uprightness is far superior to that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never even enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
Hebrews 12:14
Try to be at peace with everyone, and strive for that consecration without which no one can see the Lord.
Romans 10:2-3
I can testify to their sincere devotion to God, but it is not an intelligent devotion.
Philippians 3:9
and be known to be united to him, with any uprightness I may have not based on law but coming through faith in Christ??he uprightness that comes from God through faith.
Matthew 3:10
But the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is going to be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 7:21
It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord! Lord!' who will get into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.
Matthew 18:5
and anyone who welcomes one child like this on my account welcomes me.
Matthew 23:2-5
"The scribes and Pharisees have taken Moses' seat.
Matthew 23:23-28
"Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you pay tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have let the weightier matters of the Law go??ustice, mercy, and integrity. But you should have observed these, without overlooking the others.
Mark 10:15
I tell you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it at all."
Mark 10:25
It is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!"
Luke 11:39-40
But the Master said to him, "You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
Luke 11:44
Alas for you! For you are like unmarked graves which men tread upon without knowing it."
Luke 12:1
Meanwhile as the people gathered in thousands, until they actually trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, hypocrisy.
Luke 16:14-15
The Pharisees, who were avaricious, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.
Luke 18:10-14
"Two men went up to the Temple to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector.
Luke 18:17
I tell you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."
Luke 18:24-25
And when Jesus saw it, he said, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the Kingdom of God!
Luke 20:46-47
"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes, and love to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets??47 men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get all the heavier sentence!"
John 3:3-5
Jesus answered him, "I tell you, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born over again from above!"
Romans 9:30-32
Then what do we conclude? That heathen who were not striving for uprightness attained it, that is, an uprightness which was produced by faith;
2 Corinthians 5:17
So if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new being; the old state of things has passed away; there is a new state of things.
Revelation 21:27
Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who indulges in abominable practices and falsehoods, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.