Proverbs 26:5
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5 (A)Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Romans 12:16
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16 (A)Be of the same mind toward one another. (B)Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
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Matthew 16:1-4
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The Pharisees and Sadducees Seek a Sign(A)
16 Then the (B)Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; 3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ [a]Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. 4 (C)A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of [b]the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.
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- Matthew 16:3 NU omits Hypocrites
- Matthew 16:4 NU omits the prophet
Proverbs 28:11
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11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes,
But the poor who has understanding searches him out.
Titus 1:13
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13 This testimony is true. (A)Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
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Romans 11:25
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25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be (A)wise in your own [a]opinion, that (B)blindness in part has happened to Israel (C)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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- Romans 11:25 estimation
John 9:26-33
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26 Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27 He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”
28 Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God (A)spoke to (B)Moses; as for this fellow, (C)we do not know where He is from.”
30 The man answered and said to them, (D)“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! 31 Now we know that (E)God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. 32 Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. 33 (F)If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”
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John 8:7
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7 So when they continued asking Him, He [a]raised Himself up and said to them, (A)“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.”
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- John 8:7 M He looked up
Luke 12:13-21
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The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 But He said to him, (A)“Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?” 15 And He said to them, (B)“Take heed and beware of [a]covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
16 Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ 18 So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, (C)“Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; (D)eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night (E)your soul will be required of you; (F)then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, (G)and is not rich toward God.”
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- Luke 12:15 NU all covetousness
Matthew 21:23-27
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Jesus’ Authority Questioned(A)
23 (B)Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and (C)said, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?”
24 But Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things: 25 The (D)baptism of (E)John—where was it from? From heaven or from men?”
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we (F)fear the multitude, (G)for all count John as a prophet.” 27 So they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.”
And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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Proverbs 26:12
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12 (A)Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26:4
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4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you also be like him.
Proverbs 3:7
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7 Do not be wise in your own (A)eyes;
Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
Luke 13:23-30
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23 Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there (A)few who are saved?”
And He said to them, 24 (B)“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for (C)many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 (D)When once the Master of the house has risen up and (E)shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, (F)‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, (G)‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ 26 then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ 27 (H)But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. (I)Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 28 (J)There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, (K)when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. 29 They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 (L)And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”
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Matthew 15:1-3
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Defilement Comes from Within(A)
15 Then (B)the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, 2 (C)“Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?
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Jeremiah 36:17-18
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17 And they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us now, how did you write all these words—[a]at his instruction?”
18 So Baruch answered them, “He proclaimed with his mouth all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink in the book.”
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- Jeremiah 36:17 Lit. with his mouth
Isaiah 5:21
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21 Woe to those who are (A)wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!
1 Kings 22:24-28
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24 Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and (A)struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, (B)“Which way did the spirit from the Lord go from me to speak to you?”
25 And Micaiah said, “Indeed, you shall see on that day when you go into an (C)inner chamber to hide!”
26 So the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son; 27 and say, ‘Thus says the king: “Put this fellow in (D)prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I come in peace.” ’ ”
28 But Micaiah said, “If you ever return in peace, (E)the Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Take heed, all you people!”
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Matthew 22:15-32
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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?(A)
15 (B)Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16 And they sent to Him their disciples with the (C)Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not [a]regard the person of men. 17 Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
18 But Jesus [b]perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites? 19 Show Me the tax money.”
So they brought Him a denarius.
20 And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
And He said to them, (D)“Render[c] therefore to Caesar the things that are (E)Caesar’s, and to God the things that are (F)God’s.” 22 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.
The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?(G)
23 (H)The same day the Sadducees, (I)who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, 24 saying: “Teacher, (J)Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother. 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh. 27 Last of all the woman died also. 28 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”
29 Jesus answered and said to them, “You are [d]mistaken, (K)not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but (L)are like angels [e]of God in heaven. 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 (M)‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
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- Matthew 22:16 Lit. look at the face of
- Matthew 22:18 knew
- Matthew 22:21 Pay
- Matthew 22:29 deceived
- Matthew 22:30 NU omits of God
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