You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the s
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive misch
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?”
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my
“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be dischar
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scou