Isaiah 5:21

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Job 11:12

For an empty-headed man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who render a reason.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil.

Isaiah 10:13

For he says: “By the strength of my hand and by my wisdom, I have done it, for I am prudent; and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.

Isaiah 37:23

Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, and lifted up your eyes haughtily? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 40:23

He brings the princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

Isaiah 47:10

For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, “No one sees me”; your wisdom and your knowledge have perverted you; and you have said in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.”

John 9:41

Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

Romans 11:25

For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, lest you be wise in your own estimation, for a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Do not pretend to be wiser than you are.