Thematic Bible: Of self
Thematic Bible
Condemnation » Of self
because if our heart may condemn -- because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.
Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man -- every one who is judging -- for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,
If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! -- it declareth me perverse.
And they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;
'And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!
and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders -- unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Deception » Of self » Spiritual poverty
because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,
Deception » Of self » Conceit
for if any one doth think himself to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;
Deception » Of self » Spiritual bondage
Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: 'Is there not a lie in my right hand?'
Deception » Of self » An unbridled tongue
If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain is the religion;
Deception » Of self » Self-esteem
For he made it smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.
Deception » Of self » Careless hearing
and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
Deception » Of self » Sanctimony
if we may say -- 'we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;
Dedication » Of self » See feast of dedication
And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,
And Solomon maketh, at that time, the festival -- and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt -- before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days; fourteen days.
And solomon maketh the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him -- a very great assembly -- from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt. And they make on the eighth day a restraint, because the dedication of the altar they have made seven days, and the feast seven days. And on the twenty and third day of the seventh month he hath sent the people to their tents, rejoicing, and glad in heart, for the goodness that Jehovah hath done 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 humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, 'There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, 'I am, and none else.'
And thou saidst in thy heart: the heavens I go up, Above stars of God I raise my throne, And I sit in the mount of meeting in the sides of the north. I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.
If thou dost go up high as an eagle, And if between stars thou dost set thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.
The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.
Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not. For better that he hath said to thee, 'Come thou up hither,' Than that he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.
Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart hath been high, And thou dost say: A god I am, The habitation of God I have inhabited, In the heart of the seas, And thou art man, and not God, And thou givest out thy heart as the heart of God,
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because that thou hast been high in stature, And he yieldeth his foliage between thickets, And high is his heart in his haughtiness,
and they said to him, 'Grant to us that, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, we may sit in thy glory;'
Ignorance » Of self » It manifests itself in self-confidence
And they said to him, 'We are able;' and Jesus said to them, 'Of the cup indeed that I drink of, ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with, ye shall be baptized;
Peter saith to him, 'Sir, wherefore am I not able to follow thee now? my life for thee I will lay down;'
Ignorance » Of self » It retains sin in the heart
for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,
Jesus said to them, 'If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say -- We see, therefore doth your sin remain.
Ignorance » Of self » It is associated with self-righteousness
because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,
Ignorance » Of self » It alienates from God
being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness 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
Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled itself on him, And he hath not known.