Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
In Context
22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink,
Cross References
Job 11:12But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt.
Proverbs 26:12See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.
Isaiah 10:13For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. And I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. And like a valiant man I have brought down those
Romans 1:22Professing to be wise, they became foolish,
Romans 12:16thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:19-30
Denunciations against Sin. ( b. c. 758.) 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in… Read the whole commentary →