11 Bible Verses about Conceit, Description Of

for if any one doth think himself to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;

if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words -- those of our Lord Jesus Christ -- and to the teaching according to piety, he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

because all that is in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,

so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall.

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret -- that ye may not be wise in your own conceits -- that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

Woe to the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, But -- in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I am Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.