Isaiah 5:21
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
In Context
22Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;
Cross References
Job 11:12Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
Proverbs 26:12Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Isaiah 10:13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit [on thrones];
Romans 1:22professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 12:16Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes:
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 →