Do you see one wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than him.
1 Corinthians 3:18 - Tree of Life Version Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so he may become wise. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let no person deceive himself. If anyone among you supposes that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [let him discard his worldly discernment and recognize himself as dull, stupid, and foolish, without true learning and scholarship], that he may become [really] wise. [Isa. 5:21.] American Standard Version (1901) Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. Common English Bible Don’t fool yourself. If some of you think they are worldly-wise, then they should become foolish so that they can become wise. Catholic Public Domain Version Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he may be truly wise. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let no man deceive himself: if any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. |
Do you see one wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than him.
Trust in Adonai with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Adonai and turn away from evil.
So now, my sons, listen to me and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
He is feeding on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, so he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t what is in my right hand a fraud?”
Oy to those who are wise in their own eyes, and clever in their own sight!
Thus says Adonai: “Do not deceive yourselves, saying: ‘The Chaldeans will surely depart from us’—for they will not depart.
How can you say, ‘We are wise! The Torah of Adonai is with us’? In fact, it is the lying pen of the scribes that have made it a lie.
“But the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word; and the worries of the world and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Whoever then shall humble himself like this child, this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Amen, I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it!”
Amen, I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
And He said, “Watch out that you are not led astray! For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He’ and ‘The time is near!’ Do not follow them.
For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be ignorant of this mystery—lest you be wise in your own eyes—that a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;
Live in harmony with one another; do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own eyes.
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
We are fools for Messiah’s sake, but you are wise in Messiah! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!
Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, those who practice homosexuality,
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is fooling himself.
Do not be deceived—God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also shall reap.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s judgment comes on the children of disobedience.
But evil men and imposters will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
If anyone thinks he is religious and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is futile.
If we say we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.