Bible Verses About Self-Righteousness

They assembled themselves against Moshe and Aharon and said to them, "You take too much on yourselves! After all, the entire community is holy, every one of them, and ADONAI is among them. So why do you lift yourselves up above ADONAI's assembly?"

"Don't think to yourself, after your God has pushed them out ahead of you, 'It is to reward my righteousness that ADONAI has brought me in to take possession of this land.' No, it is because these nations have been so wicked that ADONAI is driving them out ahead of you.

It is not because of your righteousness, or because your heart is so upright, that you go in to take possession of their land; but to punish the wickedness of these nations that ADONAI your God is driving them out ahead of you, and also to confirm the word which ADONAI swore to your ancestors, Avraham, Yitz'chak and Ya'akov.

Therefore, understand that it is not for your righteousness that ADONAI your God is giving you this good land to possess. "For you are a stiffnecked people!

He will guard the steps of his faithful, but the wicked will be silenced in darkness. For it is not by strength that a person prevails -

Sh'mu'el went to Sha'ul; Sha'ul said to him, "May ADONAI bless you! I have done what ADONAI ordered."

Clearly, I have no help in myself; common sense has been driven from me.

Even if I'm right, my own mouth will condemn me; if I'm innocent, it would pronounce me guilty.

Even if I washed myself in melted snow and cleansed my hands with lye,

you would plunge me into the muddy pit, till my own clothes would detest me.

"You claim that your teaching is pure; you tell [God], 'I am clean in your sight.'

I wish that God would speak, would open his mouth to answer you,

would tell you the secrets of wisdom, which is worth twice as much as common sense. Understand that God is demanding of you less than your guilt deserves.

"No doubt you are [the only] people [that matter]; and when you die, so will wisdom.

However, it's Shaddai I want to speak with; I want to prove my case to God.

"So be quiet! Let me be! I'll do the talking, come on me what may!

Look, he will kill me - I don't expect more, but I will still defend my ways to his face.

Here, now, I have prepared my case; I know I am in the right.

If anyone can contend with me, I will be quiet and die!

Yet my hands are free from violence, and my prayer is pure.

"Earth, don't cover my blood; don't let my cry rest [without being answered].

"When will you put an end to words? Think about it -then we'll talk!

Why are we thought of as cattle, stupid in your view?

You can tear yourself to pieces in your anger, but the earth won't be abandoned just for your sake; not even a rock will be moved from its place.

"Look, I know what you are thinking and your plans to do me wrong.