SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS

- Man is prone to Pr 20:6; 30:12 - Hateful to God Lu 16:15 - IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS . But external Mt 23:25-28; Lu 11:39-44 . But partial Mt 23:25; Lu 11:44 . No better than filthy rags Isa 64:6 . Ineffectual for salvation Job 9:30,31; Mt 5:20; Ro 3:20 . Unprofitable Isa 57:12 - Is boastful Mt 23:30 - THEY WHO ARE GIVEN TO . Audaciously approach God Lu 18:11 . Seek to justify themselves Lu 10:29 . Seek to justify themselves before men Lu 16:15 . Reject the righteousness of God Ro 10:3 . Condemn others Mt 9:11-13; Lu 7:39 . Consider their own way right Pr 21:2 . Despise others Isa 65:5; Lu 18:9 . Proclaim their own goodness Pr 20:6 . Are pure in their own eyes Pr 30:12 . Are abominable before God Isa 65:5 - Folly of Job 9:20 - Saints renounce Php 3:7-10 - Warning against De 9:4 - Denunciation against Mt 23:27,28 - Illustrated Lu 18:10-12 - Exemplified . Saul 1Sa 15:13 . Young man Mt 19:20 . Lawyer Lu 10:25,29 . Pharisees Lu 11:39; Joh 8:33; 9:28 . Israel Ro 10:3 . Church of Laodicea Re 3:17

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SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. → General scriptures concerning Nu 16:3; De 9:4-6; 1Sa 2:9; Job 6:13; 11:4-6; 12:2; 13:3,13,15,18,19; 16:17,18; 18:2-4; 21:27-29; 22:2,3; 32:1,2; 33:8,9; 35:2,7,8; Ps 10:5,6; Pr 12:15; 14:12; 16:2; 20:6; 21:2; 25:14,27; 26:12; 27:2,21; 28:13,26; 30:12,13; Isa 5:21; 28:17,20; 47:7; 50:11; 64:6; 65:3-5; Jer 2:13,22,23,34,35; 7:4; 8:8; 17:5; 49:4,16; Eze 33:24-26; Ho 12:8; Am 6:13; Hab 2:4; Zep 3:11; Mt 7:22,23; 9:10-13; 16:6; 19:16-22; 22:12,13; 23:29-31; Mr 2:16; 8:15; 10:17-22; Lu 5:30; 7:36-50; 10:25-37; 15:2,25-32; 16:14,15; 18:9-14,18-23; Joh 9:34,39-41; Ro 2:17-20; 3:27; 10:3; 11:19-21; 2Co 1:9; 10:17,18; Ga 6:3; Re 3:17,18 → See HYPOCRISY → See SELF-EXALTATION → INSTANCES OF
* Saul 1Sa 15:13-31
* Young man, see above
* Lawyer, see above
* Pharisees Lu 11:33-54; Joh 8:33-59; 9:28-34
* Israel Ro 10:3
* The Laodicean congregation Re 3:17

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Self′–right″eous‐ness, n. The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.