Romans 2:19
And thou have confidence in thyself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
In Context
18and know his will, and approve the things that are significant, being instructed out of the law.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah 49:9saying to those who are bound, Go forth to those who are in darkness. Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare heights.
Matthew 4:16the people who dwell in darkness saw a great light, and to those who dwell in the region and shadow of death, light sprang up to them.
Matthew 6:23But if thine eye is bad, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Matthew 23:16Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.
Luke 1:79to give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into a way of peace.
Matthew Henry on Romans 2:18-29
The Pretensions of the Jews; The Depravity of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou therefore which teachest… Read the whole commentary →