Isaiah 5:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Job 11:12

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

Proverbs 26:12

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

Proverbs 26:16

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

Proverbs 3:7

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

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.

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.”

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.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

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.

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.