Ezr 7:6, Mat 23:13, Luk 11:52, Rom 2:17 | ESV | STEP | this Ezra went up from Babylonia . He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord , the God of Israel , had given , and the king granted him all that he asked , for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Ezra 7:6

6 this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe ^askilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, ^bfor the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Matthew 23:13

13 “But woe ^cto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you ^dshut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you ^eneither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation}

Luke 11:52

52 Woe to you ^glawyers! ^hFor you have taken away the key of ⁱknowledge. You ^jdid not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”

Romans 2:17

17 But if you call yourself a Jew and ^krely on the law and boast in God