Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Conceit » Warnings against
For if any man reputes himself to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself;
Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!
Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes:
Verse Concepts
If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know it.
false Confidence » In self
But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!
Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes:
Verse Concepts
He that confideth in his own heart is a fool; but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;
and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off!
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Pride » A hindrance to improvement
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Wisdom » Those that are wise in their own eyes
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!