Bible Verses About Self-Righteousness

For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?

“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,

Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:

‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.

“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’

If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.

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

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

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

All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?

All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.