Isaiah 5:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and shrewd in their own sight!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and prudent and shrewd in their own sight!

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Common English Bible

²¹ Doom to those who consider themselves wise, who think of themselves as clever.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Woe to you who are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own sight!

Isaiah 5:21 Cross References

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another; do not be arrogant, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see people wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

Proverbs 26:16

The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in.

Job 11:12

But the stupid will get understanding when a wild ass is born human.

Isaiah 37:23

“Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 40:23

who brings princes to naught and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.

Isaiah 47:10

You felt secure in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me.” Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.”

Isaiah 10:13

For he says: “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I have removed the boundaries of peoples and have plundered their treasures; like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.