22 Bible Verses about Self Delusion

He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: "May men praise you, for you have done well!"

In my self-confidence I said, "I will never be upended."

Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful."

so he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' Then he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'

But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me. I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!

and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved. Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.

Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.

He says to himself, "I will never be upended, because I experience no calamity."

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven -- only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?'

and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, 'Lord, let us in!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.' Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

"These people have denied what the Lord says. They have said, 'That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.

and saying, "Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."

Each one says, 'Come on, I'll get some wine! Let's guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We'll have everything we want!'

And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."