Thematic Bible: Of self
Thematic Bible
Condemnation » Of self
that if our heart accuses us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
Therefore you are without excuse, O man, everyone who judges; for in that in which you judge another, you condemn yourself, for you who judge do the same things.
If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me; though I am perfect, He shall declare me perverse.
So they shall be confounded; their tongue falls on themselves; everyone seeing them shall flee.
Therefore you are witnesses to yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets;
And he said to him, I will judge you out of your own mouth, wicked servant! You knew that I was a harsh man, taking up what I had not laid down and reaping what I did not sow.
And hearing, and being convicted by conscience, they went out one by one, beginning at the oldest, until the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Deception » Of self » Spiritual poverty
Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
Deception » Of self » Conceit
For if anyone thinks himself to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself.
Deception » Of self » Spiritual bondage
He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside, so that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Deception » Of self » An unbridled tongue
If anyone thinks to be religious among you, yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is vain.
Deception » Of self » Self-esteem
For he flatters himself in his own eyes in order to find his iniquity, to hate it.
Deception » Of self » Careless hearing
But become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Deception » Of self » Sanctimony
Dedication » Of self » See feast of dedication
And the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath to the river of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, fourteen days.
And at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath to the river of Egypt. And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly. For they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that Jehovah had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel His people.
Exaltation » Of self » Self-exaltation, the folly of
And whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he who shall humble himself shall be exalted.
He who loves fighting loves transgression; he who makes his gate high seeks ruin.
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no one else.
For you have said in your heart, I will go up to the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north. I will go up above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
Though you rise high like the eagle, and though you set your nest between the stars, I will bring you down from there, says Jehovah.
It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Do not put yourself forth in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of the great; for it is better that it should be said to you, Come up here, than that you should be put lower in the presence of a noble whom your eyes have seen.
Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre. So says the Lord Jehovah: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of gods;
So the Lord Jehovah says this: Because you have lifted yourself up in height, and he set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
They said to Him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left hand, in Your glory.
Ignorance » Of self » It manifests itself in self-confidence
And they said to Him, We can. And Jesus said to them, You shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with you shall be baptized.
Peter said to Him, Lord, why cannot I follow You now? I will lay down my life for Your sake.
Ignorance » Of self » It retains sin in the heart
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good I do not find.
Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, We see. Therefore your sin remains.
Ignorance » Of self » It is associated with self-righteousness
Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
Ignorance » Of self » It alienates from God
having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.
Verse Concepts
Spiritual DeathDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinFall Of Man, Consequences OfCommunicationGod, Revelation OfHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedLonelinessReconciliation, Of The World To GodSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfStubbornness, Consequences OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfVeilsApathyCharacter Of WickedNations DescribedIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToInsensibilityEstrangement
Ignorance » Of self » It misleads, fetters and deceives men
Ignorance » Of self » It results in unconscious deterioration of men
Strangers have eaten up his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there on him, yet he knows it not.