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Keywords: AARON,FALSE ACCUSATION,AMBITION,ENVY,MURMURING,PRESUMPTION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,USURPATION
Description: Numbers 16:3
NET Translation: And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the Lord?”
DARBY Translation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, It is enough; for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah is among them; and why do ye lift up yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah?
KJV Translation: And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, [Ye take] too much upon you, seeing all the congregation [are] holy, every one of them, and the LORD [is] among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
Keywords: GRACE OF GOD,HUMILITY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Deuteronomy 9:4
NET Translation: Do not think to yourself after the Lord your God has driven them out before you, “Because of my own righteousness the Lord has brought me here to possess this land.” It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not say in thy heart, when Jehovah thy God thrusteth them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land; but for the wickedness of these nations doth Jehovah dispossess them from before thee.
KJV Translation: Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Keywords: GOD,RIGHTEOUS,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: 1 Samuel 2:9
NET Translation: He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
DARBY Translation: He keepeth the feet of his saintsD1758, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevailD1759.
KJV Translation: He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: 1 Samuel 15:13
NET Translation: When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, “May the Lord bless you! I have fulfilled the Lord’s orders.”
DARBY Translation: And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of Jehovah: I have fulfilled the word of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 6:13
NET Translation: Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?
DARBY Translation: Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundnessD2905 is driven away from me?
KJV Translation: [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 11:4
NET Translation: For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.’
DARBY Translation: For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
KJV Translation: For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Keywords: IRONY,PRIDE,SARCASM,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WISDOM
Description: Job 12:2
NET Translation: “Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
DARBY Translation: Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
KJV Translation: No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Keywords: REASONING,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 13:3
NET Translation: But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
DARBY Translation: But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God;
KJV Translation: Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 13:13
NET Translation: “Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.
DARBY Translation: Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what [will]!
KJV Translation: Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what [will].
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,FAITH,INTEGRITY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 13:15
NET Translation: Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.
DARBY Translation: Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.
KJV Translation: Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintainK3154mine own ways before him.
Verse Intro: Job's Hope Is In God - Job Argues His Case
Keywords: INTEGRITY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 13:18
NET Translation: See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.
DARBY Translation: Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.
KJV Translation: Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 13:19
NET Translation: Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.
DARBY Translation: Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.
KJV Translation: Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Keywords: INJUSTICE,INTEGRITY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 16:17
NET Translation: although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure. An Appeal to God as Witness
DARBY Translation: Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
KJV Translation: Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 16:18
NET Translation: “O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.
DARBY Translation: O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!
KJV Translation: O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Verse Intro: Job Appeals to God as His Witness
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 18:2
NET Translation: “How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.
DARBY Translation: How long will ye hunt forD2980 words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.
KJV Translation: How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 21:27
NET Translation: “Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
DARBY Translation: Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
KJV Translation: Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Verse Intro: Friends' Futile Words and Deceptive Answers
Keywords: GRACE OF GOD,MAN,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 22:2
NET Translation: “Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?
DARBY Translation: Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
KJV Translation: Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himselfK3230?
Keywords: GRACE OF GOD,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 22:3
NET Translation: Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless?
DARBY Translation: Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?
KJV Translation: [Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Keywords: ELIHU,HEATHEN,JOB,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 32:1
NET Translation: So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
DARBY Translation: And these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
KJV Translation: So these three men ceased to answerK3315Job, because he [was] righteous in his own eyes.
Verse Intro: Elihu Speaks
Keywords: BARACHEL,RAM,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 32:2
NET Translation: Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.
DARBY Translation: Then was kindled the anger of ElihuD3077 the son of Barachel, the BuziteD3078, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger kindled, because he justified himself rather than God;
KJV Translation: Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himselfK3316rather than God.
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 33:8
NET Translation: “Indeed, you have said in my hearing (I heard the sound of the words!):
DARBY Translation: Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words:
KJV Translation: Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearingK3332, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],
Verse Intro: Elihu Disagrees with Job's Testimony and View of God
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 33:9
NET Translation: ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.
DARBY Translation: I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;
KJV Translation: I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.
Keywords: MAN,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 35:2
NET Translation: “Do you think this to be just when you say, ‘My right before God’?
DARBY Translation: Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
KJV Translation: Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 35:7
NET Translation: If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand?
DARBY Translation: If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?
KJV Translation: If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Job 35:8
NET Translation: Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
DARBY Translation: Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.
KJV Translation: Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]; and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,GOD,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Psalms 10:5
NET Translation: He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.
DARBY Translation: His ways always succeedD3237; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
KJV Translation: His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,CONFIDENCE,JUDGMENTS,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Psalms 10:6
NET Translation: He says to himself, “I will never be shaken, because I experience no calamity.”
DARBY Translation: He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.
KJV Translation: He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] neverK3460[be] in adversity.
Keywords: CONCEIT,COUNSEL,HUMILITY,PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WISDOM
Description: Proverbs 12:15
NET Translation: The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.
DARBY Translation: The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
KJV Translation: The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,DEATH,REASONING,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORLDLINESS
Description: Proverbs 14:12
NET Translation: There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
DARBY Translation: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
KJV Translation: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
Keywords: GOD,HEART,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Proverbs 16:2
NET Translation: All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.
DARBY Translation: All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
KJV Translation: All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Keywords: DEPRAVITY OF MAN,FAITHFULNESS,PRIDE,PROFESSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Proverbs 20:6
NET Translation: Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person—who can find?
DARBY Translation: Most men will proclaim every one his own kindnessD4355; but a faithful man who shall find?
KJV Translation: Most men will proclaim every one his own goodnessK4260: but a faithful man who can find?
Keywords: GOD,HEART,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Proverbs 21:2
NET Translation: All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates his thoughts.
DARBY Translation: Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
KJV Translation: Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Keywords: BOASTING,BRIBERY,OSTENTATION,PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Proverbs 25:14
NET Translation: Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.
DARBY Translation: Clouds and wind without rain, [so] is a man that boasteth himself of a false giftD4411.
KJV Translation: Whoso boasteth himself of a false giftK4319[is like] clouds and wind without rain.
Keywords: HONEY,PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Proverbs 25:27
NET Translation: It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
DARBY Translation: It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weightD4414y matters is [itself] a weight.
KJV Translation: [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
Keywords: CONCEIT,CONFIDENCE,FALSE CONFIDENCE,PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Proverbs 26:12
NET Translation: You have seen a man wise in his own opinion—there is more hope for a fool than for him.
DARBY Translation: Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
KJV Translation: Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
Keywords: HUMILITY,OSTENTATION,PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Proverbs 27:2
NET Translation: Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
DARBY Translation: Let anotherD4421 praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
KJV Translation: Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Keywords: FLATTERY,GOLD,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Proverbs 27:21
NET Translation: As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.
DARBY Translation: The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
KJV Translation: [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
Keywords: GOD,IMPENITENCE,PRAYER,REPENTANCE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Proverbs 28:13
NET Translation: The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
DARBY Translation: He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall obtain mercy.
KJV Translation: He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
Keywords: CONCEIT,CONFIDENCE,FALSE CONFIDENCE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WATCHFULNESS
Description: Proverbs 28:26
NET Translation: The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.
DARBY Translation: He that confideth in his own heart is a foolD4432; but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
KJV Translation: He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Keywords: PRIDE,PURITY,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WASHING
Description: Proverbs 30:12
NET Translation: There is a generation who are pure in their own opinion and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
DARBY Translation: there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
KJV Translation: [There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.
Keywords: PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Proverbs 30:13
NET Translation: There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty, and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.
DARBY Translation: there is a generation, how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
KJV Translation: [There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Keywords: CONCEIT,CONFIDENCE,FALSE CONFIDENCE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WISDOM
Description: Isaiah 5:21
NET Translation: Beware, those who think they are wise, those who think they possess understanding.
DARBY Translation: Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteemD4637!
KJV Translation: Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sightK4564!
Keywords: GOD,INFIDELITY,PLUMMET,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SECURITY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Isaiah 28:17
NET Translation: I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.
DARBY Translation: And I will appoint judgment for a line, and righteousness for a plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
KJV Translation: Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Isaiah 28:20
NET Translation: For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.
DARBY Translation: For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.
KJV Translation: For the bed is shorter than that [a man] can stretch himself [on it]: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself [in it].
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,SECURITY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WORLDLINESS
Description: Isaiah 47:7
NET Translation: You said, ‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.
DARBY Translation: and thou saidst, I shall be a mistress for ever; so that thou didst not take these things to heart, thou didst not remember the end thereof.
KJV Translation: And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Isaiah 50:11
NET Translation: Look, all of you who start a fire and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows, walk in the light of the fire you started and among the flaming arrows you ignited! This is what you will receive from me: you will lie down in a place of pain.
DARBY Translation: Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and among the sparks [that] ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand: ye shall lie down in sorrow.
KJV Translation: Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass [yourselves] about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks [that] ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Keywords: CHARACTER,DEPRAVITY OF MAN,DRESS,LIFE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WORKS
Description: Isaiah 64:6
NET Translation: We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.
DARBY Translation: And we are all become as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses are as filthy ragsD5133; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away;
KJV Translation: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Keywords: ALTAR,BACKSLIDERS,BRICK,IDOLATRY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Isaiah 65:3
NET Translation: These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars.
DARBY Translation: the people that provoke me to anger continually to my face, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon the bricks;
KJV Translation: A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
Keywords: CISTERN,CONFIDENCE,FOUNTAIN,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Jeremiah 2:13
NET Translation: “Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: They have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that cannot even hold water.
DARBY Translation: For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.
KJV Translation: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,DEPRAVITY OF MAN,NITRE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN,SOAP,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Jeremiah 2:22
NET Translation: You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” says the Sovereign Lord.
DARBY Translation: For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV Translation: For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, [yet] thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
Keywords: BAAL,CAMEL,CONFIDENCE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Jeremiah 2:23
NET Translation: “How can you say, ‘I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.’ Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.
DARBY Translation: How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done a swift dromedary traversing her ways!
KJV Translation: How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Keywords: HOMICIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Jeremiah 2:34
NET Translation: Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. Yet, in spite of all these things you have done,
DARBY Translation: Yea, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor, whom thou didst not encounter breaking in, but [it is found] upon all theseD5164.
KJV Translation: Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret searchK5061, but upon all these.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,INNOCENCY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Jeremiah 2:35
NET Translation: you say, ‘I have not done anything wrong, so the Lord cannot really be angry with me any more.’ But, watch out! I will bring down judgment on you because you say, ‘I have not committed any sin.’
DARBY Translation: And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
KJV Translation: Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Jeremiah 7:4
NET Translation: Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, “We are safe! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!”
DARBY Translation: Confide ye not in words of falsehood, saying, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple is thisD5216.
KJV Translation: Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.
Keywords: PEN,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Jeremiah 8:8
NET Translation: How can you say, “We are wise! We have the law of the Lord”? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean.
DARBY Translation: How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.
KJV Translation: How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
Keywords: APOSTASY,CONFIDENCE,FALSE CONFIDENCE,HEART,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Jeremiah 17:5
NET Translation: The Lord says, “I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the manD5281 that confideth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Verse Intro: Blessing to those who Trust the Lord
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,PRIDE,SECURITY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Jeremiah 49:4
NET Translation: Why do you brag about your great power? Your power is ebbing away, you rebellious people of Ammon, who trust in your riches and say, ‘Who would dare to attack us?’
DARBY Translation: Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys? Thy valley shall flow down, O backsliding daughter, that trusteth in her treasures, [saying,] Who shall come against me?
KJV Translation: Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valleyK5356, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come unto me?
Keywords: EAGLE,HEART,PRIDE,ROCK,SECURITY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Jeremiah 49:16
NET Translation: The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart, hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill. Though thou shouldest make thy nest high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, [and] the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Keywords: ABRAHAM,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Ezekiel 33:24
NET Translation: “Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’
DARBY Translation: Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited this land, and we are many: the land is given us for a possessionD5841.
KJV Translation: Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we [are] many; the land is given us for inheritance.
Keywords: RICHES,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Hosea 12:8
NET Translation: Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful.”
DARBY Translation: And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
KJV Translation: And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that [were] sin.
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,HORN,RULERS,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Amos 6:13
NET Translation: You are happy because you conquered Lo Debar. You say, “Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?”
DARBY Translation: ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us powerD6290 by our own strength?
KJV Translation: Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Keywords: CHARACTER,FAITH,JUSTIFICATION,PRIDE,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Habakkuk 2:4
NET Translation: Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.
DARBY Translation: Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him: but the just shall live by his faith.
KJV Translation: Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Keywords: HUMILITY,MILLENNIUM,PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Zephaniah 3:11
NET Translation: In that day you will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast, and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.
DARBY Translation: In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for all thy doings wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out ofD6482 the midst of thee them that exult in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountainD6483.
KJV Translation: In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
Keywords: JUDGMENT,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,MIRACLES,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Matthew 7:22
NET Translation: On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’
DARBY Translation: Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied through *thy* name, and through *thy* name cast out demons, and through *thy* name done many works of power?
KJV Translation: “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?”
Keywords: JUDGMENT,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Matthew 7:23
NET Translation: Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
DARBY Translation: and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.
KJV Translation: “And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”
Keywords: APOSTLES,ECCLESIASTICISM,JESUS THE CHRIST,MATTHEW,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Matthew 9:10
NET Translation: As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass, as he lay at table in the house, that behold, many tax-gatherers and sinners came and lay at table with Jesus and his disciples.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,LEAVEN (YEAST),MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,SADDUCEES,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WATCHFULNESS
Description: Matthew 16:6
NET Translation: “Watch out,” Jesus said to them, “beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
DARBY Translation: And Jesus said to them, See and bewareD6802 of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
KJV Translation: Then Jesus said unto them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,COVETOUSNESS,IMMORTALITY,JESUS THE CHRIST,LIFE,RICHES,SALVATION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WORKS,YOUNG MEN
Description: Matthew 19:16
NET Translation: Now someone came up to him and said, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”
DARBY Translation: And lo, one coming up said to him, Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have life eternal?
KJV Translation: And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
Verse Intro: The Rich Young Man and His Motivation
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,MARRIAGE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Matthew 22:12
NET Translation: And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say.
DARBY Translation: And he says to him, [My] friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.
KJV Translation: “And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.”
Keywords: ANGER,COLORS,DARKNESS,GNASHING OF TEETH,HELL,HYPOCRISY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,SORROW,TEETH,WEEPING,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Matthew 22:13
NET Translation: Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’
DARBY Translation: Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
KJV Translation: “Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast” [him] “into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Keywords: BURIAL,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Matthew 23:29
NET Translation: “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.
DARBY Translation: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,
KJV Translation: “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,”
Keywords: BIGOTRY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Mark 2:16
NET Translation: When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
DARBY Translation: And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why [is it] that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners?
KJV Translation: And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,LEAVEN (YEAST),SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Mark 8:15
NET Translation: And Jesus ordered them, “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!”
DARBY Translation: And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and [of] the leaven of Herod.
KJV Translation: And he charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and” [of] “the leaven of Herod.”
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,JESUS THE CHRIST,THE RICH,RICHES,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WORKS,YOUNG MEN
Description: Mark 10:17
NET Translation: Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
DARBY Translation: And as he went forth into the way, a person ran up to [him], and kneeling to him asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
KJV Translation: And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Verse Intro: The Rich Young Man and His Motivation
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Luke 5:30
NET Translation: But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
DARBY Translation: And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax-gatherers and sinners?
KJV Translation: But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Keywords: FAITH,JESUS THE CHRIST,PHARISEES,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIMON
Description: Luke 7:36
NET Translation: Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.
DARBY Translation: But one of the Pharisees begged him that he would eat with him. And entering into the house of the Pharisee he took his place at table;
KJV Translation: And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
Verse Intro: Jesus' Annointing at Simon's House - Woman's Sins Forgiven
Keywords: DECEPTION,DUTY,IMMORTALITY,JESUS THE CHRIST,LAWYER,LOVE,NEIGHBOR,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WORKS
Description: Luke 10:25
NET Translation: Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
DARBY Translation: And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal?
KJV Translation: And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Verse Intro: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Keywords: BUSHEL,CONSCIENCE,INFLUENCE,MEASURE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Luke 11:33
NET Translation: “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.
DARBY Translation: But no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under the corn-measureD7321, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.
KJV Translation: “No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth” [it] “in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.”
Verse Intro: The Parable of the Lamp
Keywords: BIGOTRY,SALVATION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Luke 15:2
NET Translation: But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
DARBY Translation: and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This [man] receives sinners and eats with them.
KJV Translation: And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Keywords: FEASTS,INHERITANCE,JEALOUSY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Luke 15:25
NET Translation: “Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
DARBY Translation: And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming [up], he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
KJV Translation: “Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.”
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,INFIDELITY,THE RICH,SCOFFING,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Luke 16:14
NET Translation: The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
DARBY Translation: And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mockedD7359 him.
KJV Translation: And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Verse Intro: Pharisees - Seeking After What Men Desire
Keywords: GOD,HEART,HYPOCRISY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN
Description: Luke 16:15
NET Translation: But Jesus said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, “Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.”
Keywords: BIGOTRY,CONFIDENCE,JESUS THE CHRIST,PUBLICANS,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WORKS
Description: Luke 18:9
NET Translation: Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
DARBY Translation: And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of men], this parable:
KJV Translation: And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteousK6689, and despised others:
Verse Intro: Parable of the Praying Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,LIFE,RICHES,SALVATION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,YOUNG MEN
Description: Luke 18:18
NET Translation: Now a certain leader asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
DARBY Translation: And a certain ruler asked him saying, Good teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life?
KJV Translation: And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Verse Intro: The Rich Young Man and His Motivation
Keywords: ABRAHAM,BLINDNESS,LIBERTY,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: John 8:33
NET Translation: “We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied, “and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
DARBY Translation: They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?
KJV Translation: They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Keywords: BIGOTRY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: John 9:28
NET Translation: They heaped insults on him, saying, “You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses!
DARBY Translation: They railed at him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
KJV Translation: Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
Keywords: BIGOTRY,CHURCH,PERSECUTION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,SYNAGOGUE
Description: John 9:34
NET Translation: They replied, “You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.
DARBY Translation: They answered and said to him, Thou hast been wholly born in sins, and thou teachest us? And they cast him out.
KJV Translation: They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him outK6723.
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WISDOM
Description: John 9:39
NET Translation: Jesus said,] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”
DARBY Translation: And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
KJV Translation: And Jesus said, “For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.”
Keywords: FORMALISM,HYPOCRISY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN
Description: Romans 2:17
NET Translation: But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God
DARBY Translation: But if *thou* art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God,
KJV Translation: Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Verse Intro: The Verdict Against the Jew
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Romans 3:27
NET Translation: Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!
DARBY Translation: Where then [is] boasting? It has been excluded. By what law? of works? Nay, but by law of faith;
KJV Translation: Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Keywords: BIGOTRY,GOD,SALVATION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Romans 10:3
NET Translation: For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
DARBY Translation: For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own [righteousness], have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
KJV Translation: For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Keywords: SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Romans 11:19
NET Translation: Then you will say, “The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
DARBY Translation: Thou wilt say then, The branches have been broken out in order that *I* might be grafted in.
KJV Translation: Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CONFIDENCE,DEATH,FALSE CONFIDENCE,PRAYER,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: 2 Corinthians 1:9
NET Translation: Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
DARBY Translation: But we ourselves had the sentence of death inD8378 ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
KJV Translation: But we had the sentenceK6953of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
Keywords: QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SELF-EXALTATION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: 2 Corinthians 10:17
NET Translation: But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.
DARBY Translation: But he that boasts, let him boast in the LordD8491.
KJV Translation: But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Keywords: GOD,PRIDE,SELF-EXALTATION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: 2 Corinthians 10:18
NET Translation: For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.
DARBY Translation: For not *he* that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
KJV Translation: For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,PRIDE,SELF-EXALTATION,SELF-EXAMINATION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Galatians 6:3
NET Translation: For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
DARBY Translation: For if any man reputes himself to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself;
KJV Translation: For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,DEPRAVITY OF MAN,PRIDE,SALVATION,SECURITY,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Revelation 3:17
NET Translation: Because you say, “I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing,” but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
DARBY Translation: Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;
KJV Translation: “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”
Keywords: ANOINTING,COLORS,COMMANDMENTS,FAITH,GARMENT,JESUS THE CHRIST,PRIDE,RICHES,SALVATION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Revelation 3:18
NET Translation: take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!
DARBY Translation: I counsel thee to buyD9478 of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest beD9479 rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothedD9480, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifestD9481; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
KJV Translation: “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and” [that] “the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.”