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Proverbs 3:7
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.
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Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.
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Proverbs 19:20
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.
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Proverbs 14:16
The wise fear the Lord and shun evil, but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.
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Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.
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Proverbs 16:2
All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.
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Proverbs 1:5
let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—
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Galatians 6:3
If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.
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Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
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Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed:‘ God, I thank you that I am not like other people— robbers, evildoers, adulterers— or even like this tax collector.
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Jeremiah 38:15-28
Jeremiah said to Zedekiah,“ If I give you an answer, will you not kill me? Even if I did give you counsel, you would not listen to me.”But King Zedekiah swore this oath secretly to Jeremiah:“ As surely as the Lord lives, who has given us breath, I will neither kill you nor hand you over to those who want to kill you.”Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah,“ This is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says:‘ If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down; you and your family will live.But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians and they will burn it down; you yourself will not escape from them.’”King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah,“ I am afraid of the Jews who have gone over to the Babylonians, for the Babylonians may hand me over to them and they will mistreat me.”“ They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied.“ Obey the Lord by doing what I tell you. Then it will go well with you, and your life will be spared.But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the Lord has revealed to me:All the women left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you:“‘ They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet are sunk in the mud; your friends have deserted you.’“ All your wives and children will be brought out to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from their hands but will be captured by the king of Babylon; and this city will be burned down.”Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah,“ Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you may die.If the officials hear that I talked with you, and they come to you and say,‘ Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us or we will kill you,’then tell them,‘ I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.’”All the officials did come to Jeremiah and question him, and he told them everything the king had ordered him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had heard his conversation with the king.And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured. This is how Jerusalem was taken:
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Proverbs 9:9
Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
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Proverbs 30:12
those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;
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Proverbs 21:2
A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart.
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Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.
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Proverbs 26:16
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
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Proverbs 28:11
The rich are wise in their own eyes; one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.