Self-delusion

How Nave’s arranged it

• A characteristic of wicked peoplePsalms 49:18
• Prosperity frequently leads toPsalms 30:6Hosea 12:8Luke 12:17–19
• Obstinate sinners often given up toPsalms 81:11Psalms 81:12Hosea 4:172 Thessalonians 2:102 Thessalonians 2:11
• Exhibited in thinking that
• Our own ways are rightProverbs 14:12
• We should adhere to established wicked practicesJeremiah 44:17
• We are pureProverbs 30:12
• We are better than othersLuke 18:11
• We are rich in spiritual thingsRevelation 3:17
• We may have peace while in sinDeuteronomy 29:19
• We are above adversityPsalms 10:6
• Gifts entitle us to go to heavenMatthew 7:21Matthew 7:22

The passages, in Bible order (37)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Deuteronomy 29:19

   because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

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   “And it cometh to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse,....

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2. 1 Kings 20:27

   The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

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   “And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present,.... The same as before; the two hundred and thirty two young men of the princes of the provinces, and 7000 of the people, not one was missing: and went against them; out of Samaria, towards Aphek: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids: being few and weak, the two hundred and thirty two young men in one body, and the 7000 in another: but the Syrians filled the country: with their men, their horses, and their chariots.

   “Here the Scripture relates the two battles of the king of Israel against the Arameans, at which we have already hinted, and the twin slaughters of the Arameans, of which the second caused the death of 127,000 men, as God took his revenge on the …

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3. 1 Kings 20:34

   Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

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   “For no one can doubt that when the judgment of our heart goes wrong, and is overwhelmed by the night of ignorance, our thoughts and deeds, which are the result of deliberation and discretion, must be involved in the darkness of still greater sins.

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4. Psalms 10:6

   He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

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   “So bold is the person who does not look on God or recognize his judgment that he does not consider within himself his own audacious wicked deeds, believing that he will rejoice forever in his prosperity. His mouth swells up with blasphemies and irreverence. At length, the arrogant one blares out with fierce confidence countless blasphemies and curses, asserting that there is no God, nor does he look down on us, nor will he judge.

   "They are removed." Here he shows how they contemn divine judgment. And first, he sets forth the cause. Second, he shows the effect, at "all his enemies." "Your judgments," that is, your benefits, "are removed from his face," that is, from his mind and memory; …

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5. Psalms 30:6

   In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”

   ›Commentary on Psalms 30:61 voice

   As the prosperity of a city is dependent on the supply of goods for sale in the market, and as we say that a country is prosperous that produces much fruit, so also there is a certain prosperity of the soul when it has been filled with works of every kind. It is necessary first for it to be laboriously cultivated and then to be enriched by the plentiful streams of heavenly waters, so as to bear fruit thirtyfold, sixtyfold and a hundredfold and to obtain the blessing that says, "Blessed shall be your barns and blessed your stores."

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6. Psalms 49:18

   Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—

   ›Commentary on Psalms 49:182 voices

   "For his soul in his lifetime shall be blessed; he will praise you when you do well for him." Here he sets forth, first, the failure of interior goods pertaining to the body; second, pertaining to the soul, at "And he shall enter." First, therefore, …

   “Though while he lived he blessed his soul,....

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7. Psalms 81:11

   But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

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   “And my people did not hear my voice. I stand before the door, I knock. I want you to open, and I will come in: and you are unwilling to open. And Israel did not attend to me.

   “But my people would not hearken to my voice,....

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8. Psalms 81:12

   So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

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   “And I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall go on in their own devices. Unhappy is he who is not corrected by God. If anyone sinning is not struck, he is wretched. Therefore he says: I let them go according to the desires of their heart. For this reason I let them go, because I often struck them and they did not accept discipline. I entreated, they did not hear; I struck, they did not feel the pain.

   “So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust,....

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9. Proverbs 14:12

   There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

   ›Commentary on Proverbs 14:122 voices

   “We read in Proverbs, "There is a way that seems just to men, yet the end of it leads to the depths of hades." You see, ignorance is also clearly condemned in this text, since man thinks otherwise and he falls into hades, seemingly having the truth. "There are many thoughts," he says, "in the heart of man." But still, it is not his will, which is uncertain and doubtful and changeable, that prevails but the counsel of God.

   “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,....

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10. Proverbs 30:12

    There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

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    “A generation that seems pure to itself, etc. Because God scatters the bones of men pleasing to themselves.

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11. Isaiah 56:12

    “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”

    ›Commentary on Isaiah 56:121 voice

    “Come, let us take wine, and be filled with drunkenness, and it shall be as today, so tomorrow, and much more. LXX: Come, let us take wine, and let us become drunk, and let tomorrow be such a great day, even more so. And what follows: Everyone to his own greed, from the greatest to the least: come, let us take wine, and let us fill ourselves with drunkenness, and it will be as today, so also tomorrow, and much more, is not found in the Seventy Interpreters, but is added from the Hebrew, indicated by the shining stars.

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12. Jeremiah 5:12

    They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

    ›Commentary on Jeremiah 5:122 voices

    “(Verse 12, 13.) They denied the Lord and said: He is not (or these things are not), and evil will not come upon us. We will not see sword and famine. The prophets spoke in vain and there was no answer (or response) in them. Therefore, these things will happen to them.

    Accusation is the censure of wrongdoers. This mode of instruction God employs by David, when he says, "The people whom I did not know served me, and when their ears heard they obeyed me. Sons of strangers came to me, and halted from their ways." And by Jeremiah: "And I gave her a divorce decree, but covenant-breaking Judah did not fear." And again: "And the house of Israel disregarded me. The house of Judah lied to the Lord."

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13. Jeremiah 44:17

    Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.

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    “But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth out of our own mouth,....

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14. Hosea 4:17

    Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

    ›Commentary on Hosea 4:171 voice

    "Partaker of their idols is Ephraim, leave him." LXX: "Ephraim, a participant in idols, has placed scandals for himself." Ephraim, of whose tribe Jeroboam son of Nabath, who first set up golden calves in Bethel and Dan, is king of ten tribes. Therefore, O Judah, whom I mentioned above, if Israel commits fornication, let at least Judah not sin. Listen to my advice, do not disregard the words of the prophets; for Ephraim once was a friend and partner with idols.

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15. Hosea 12:8

    And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

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    "Canaan in his hand deceitful balance, he loved calumny, and Ephraim said: Nevertheless, I have become rich, I have found myself an idol, all my labors will not find me the iniquity which I have sinned." LXX: "Canaan in his hand is the weight of iniquity, he loved to oppress through power, and Ephraim said: But I have become rich, I have found rest for myself, all his labors will not find him, for the iniquities in which he sinned."

    “And Ephraim said, yet I am become rich,....

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16. Matthew 3:9

    And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

    ›Commentary on Matthew 3:91 voice

    “He intimates God's great power, who, as he made all things out of nothing, can make men out of the hardest stone. These stones signify the Gentiles because of their hardness of heart. See Ezekiel, I will take away from you the heart of stone, and give you the heart of flesh. Stone is emblematic of hardness, flesh of softness. Or, the preaching of the Gospel is meant, as the Prophet Jeremiah also compares the Word of the Lord to an axe cleaving the rock. (Jer. 23:29.)

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