Proverbs 16:25

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

Proverbs 26:12

12Do you see a man who is bwise in his own eyes?
cThere is more hope for a fool than for him.

Isaiah 5:20-21

20Woe to dthose who call evil good
and good evil,
ewho put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
21Woe to those who are fwise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!

Jeremiah 8:8-9

8 gHow can you say, ‘We are wise,
and the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
has made it into a lie.
9 hThe wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed iand taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?

John 7:48-49

48 jHave any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”

John 9:39-41

39Jesus said, kFor judgment I came into this world, lthat those who do not see may see, and mthose who see may become blind.” 40Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, nAre we also blind?” 41Jesus said to them, If you were blind, oyou would have no guilt;
Greek  you would not have sin
but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.


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