1Sa 15:13-14, Psa 36:2, Pro 16:25, 21:2, 30:12, Jer 2:22-23, Luk 18:9-11 | ESV | STEP | And Samuel came to Saul , and Saul said to him, Blessed be you to the Lord . I have performed the commandment of the Lord .

1 Samuel 15:13-14

13 And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, ^a“Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.” 14 And Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?”

Psalms 36:2

2 ^bFor he flatters himself in his own eyes
that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

Proverbs 16:25

25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death. ^{▼▼Hebrew ways of death}

Proverbs 21:2

2 ^dEvery way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but the Lord ^eweighs the heart.

Proverbs 30:12

12 There are those who are ^fclean in their own eyes
but are not washed of their filth.

Jeremiah 2:22-23

22 Though you wash yourself with lye
and use much soap,
^gthe stain of your guilt is still before me,

declares the Lord God.
23 ^hHow can you say, ‘I am not unclean,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way ⁱin the valley;
know what you have done—
a restless young camel running here and there,

Luke 18:9-11

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9 He also told this parable to some ^jwho trusted ^kin themselves that they were righteous, ^land treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men ^mwent up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, ⁿstanding by himself, prayed ^{▼▼Or standing, prayed to himself} ^pthus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.