Isaiah 5:21
Tragedy is coming to you who are wise in your own eyes and think you're so clever.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
In Context
22Tragedy is coming to you who are wine-drinking champions, and experts at mixing alcoholic drinks;
Cross References
Job 11:12Stupid people will become wise when wild donkeys are born tame!
Proverbs 26:12Have you seen a man who is wise in his own eyes? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!
Isaiah 10:13For the king of Assyria says: “I have done this in my own strength. It was through my wisdom, because I'm clever. I have wiped out the boundaries of nations and looted their treasures. Like a bull I knocked their rulers off their thrones.
Romans 1:22Even though they claimed to be wise, they became foolish.
Romans 12:16Think about one another. Don't consider yourself more important than others; live humbly. Don't 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 →