Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
Berean Standard Bible
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 heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing beer,
Cross References
Job 11:12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Isaiah 10:13For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
Romans 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
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 →