Thematic Bible: Self-delusion
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Church of laodicea » Exemplified » Self-delusion
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
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Self-delusion » Fatal consequences of
But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
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And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
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When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
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But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming; And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine; The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge, read more.
And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
Self-delusion » Prosperity frequently leads to
And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
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And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit. And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives shall be prolonged
Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.
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And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
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How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:
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Self-delusion » Fatal » consequences of
But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
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And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
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When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
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But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming; And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine; The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge, read more.
And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
Self-delusion » Obstinate sinners often given up to
Ephraim is joined to false gods; let him be.
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And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation. And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:
But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me. So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.
Self-delusion » Frequently persevered in, to the end
After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in. But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.
Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so. When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
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Self-delusion » Frequently preserved in, to the last
After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in. But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.
A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives will be prolonged
Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.
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And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
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How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:
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Self-delusion » Exemplified » Ahab
And Ben-hadad said to him, The towns my father took from your father I will give back; and you may make streets for yourself in Damascus as my father did in Samaria. And as for me, at the price of this agreement you will let me go. So he made an agreement with him and let him go.
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And the children of Israel got themselves together, and food was made ready and they went against them; the tents of the children of Israel were like two little flocks of goats before them, but all the country was full of the Aramaeans.
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Privileges entitle us to heaven
And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
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When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from. Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » God will not punish our sins
They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us; we will not see the sword or be short of food:
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He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.
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Self-delusion » Exemplified » Jews
You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.
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They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Privileges entitle us to enter heaven
And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
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When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from. Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We may have peace while in sin
If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Gifts entitle us to heaven
Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven. A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are rich in spiritual things
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We should adhere to established wicked practices
But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our own ways are right
There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are pure
There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Christ shall not come to judge
Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.
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Self-delusion » A characteristic of the wicked
Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Gifts entitle us to go to heaven
Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven. A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are better than others
The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are above adversity
He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.
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Self-delusion » Exemplified » israelites
And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
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Self-delusion » Characteristic of » The wicked
Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Christ will not come to condemn us
Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.
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Self-delusion » Exemplified » The laodicean congregation
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
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