Bible Verses About Self-Delusion

`And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst.

and the sons of Israel have been inspected, and supported, and go to meet them, and the sons of Israel encamp before them, like two flocks of goats, and the Aramaeans have filled the land.

And he saith unto him, `The cities that my father took from thy father, I give back, and streets thou dost make for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria;' --`and I, with a covenant, send thee away;' and he maketh with him a covenant, and sendeth him away.

He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

And I--I have said in mine ease, `I am not moved--to the age.

For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.

And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.

There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.

A generation--pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.

And thou sayest, `To the age I am mistress,' While thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, Thou hast not remembered the latter end of it.

And now, hear this, O luxurious one, Who is sitting confidently--Who is saying in her heart, `I am , and none else, I sit not a widow, nor know bereavement.'

And come in to thee do these two things, In a moment, in one day, childlessness and widowhood, According to their perfection they have come upon thee, In the multitude of thy sorceries, In the exceeding might of thy charms.

And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, `There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, `I am , and none else.'

And come in on thee hath evil, Thou knowest not its rising, And fall on thee doth mischief, Thou art not able to pacify it, And come on thee suddenly doth desolation, Thou knowest not.

`Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great--exceeding abundant!'

They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, ` It is not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.

for we certainly do everything that hath gone out of our mouth, to make perfume to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her libations, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our heads, in cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem, and--we are satisfied with bread, and we are well, and evil we have not seen.

Joined to idols is Ephraim, let him alone.

And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours--they find not against me iniquity that is sin.'

and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have--Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things?

and then I will acknowledge to them, that--I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.