Self-Delusion Bible Verses

A Characteristic of Wicked People

PSALM 49:18In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

Prosperity Frequently Leads to

PSALM 30:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

HOSEA 12:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

LUKE 12:17-19Verses in the Bible

• 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
  Luke 12:17 Meaning
• 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
  Luke 12:18 Meaning
• 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
  Luke 12:19 Meaning

Obstinate Sinners Often Given up to

PSALM 81:11,12Verses in the Bible

• 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
  Psalm 81:11 Meaning
• 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
  Psalm 81:12 Meaning

HOSEA 4:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

2 THESSALONIANS 2:10,11Verses in the Bible

• 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  2 Thessalonians 2:10 Meaning
• 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
  2 Thessalonians 2:11 Meaning

Exhibited in thinking that

• Our Own Ways Are Right

PROVERBS 14:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

• We Should Adhere to Established Wicked Practices

JEREMIAH 44:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

• We Are Pure

PROVERBS 30:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

• We Are Better Than Others

LUKE 18:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

• We Are Rich in Spiritual Things

REVELATION 3:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

• We May Have Peace While in Sin

DEUTERONOMY 29:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

• We Are Above Adversity

PSALM 10:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

• Gifts Entitle Us to Go to Heaven

MATTHEW 7:21,22Verses in the Bible

• 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
  Matthew 7:21 Meaning
• 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
  Matthew 7:22 Meaning

• Privileges Entitle Us to Enter Heaven

MATTHEW 3:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

LUKE 13:25,26Verses in the Bible

• 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
  Luke 13:25 Meaning
• 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
  Luke 13:26 Meaning

• God Will Not Punish Our Sins

JEREMIAH 5:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 12 They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

• Christ Will Not Come to Condemn Us

2 PETER 3:4In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

• Our Lives Will Be Prolonged

ISAIAH 56:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

LUKE 12:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

JAMES 4:13In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

Frequently Persevered In, to the End

MATTHEW 7:22In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

MATTHEW 25:11,12Verses in the Bible

• 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
  Matthew 25:11 Meaning
• 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
  Matthew 25:12 Meaning

LUKE 13:24,25Verses in the Bible

• 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
  Luke 13:24 Meaning
• 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
  Luke 13:25 Meaning

Fatal Consequences of

MATTHEW 7:23In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

MATTHEW 24:48-51Verses in the Bible

• 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
  Matthew 24:48 Meaning
• 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
  Matthew 24:49 Meaning
• 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
  Matthew 24:50 Meaning
• 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  Matthew 24:51 Meaning

LUKE 12:20In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

1 THESSALONIANS 5:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Exemplified

• Ahab

1 KINGS 20:27,34Verses in the Bible

• 27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
  1 Kings 20:27 Meaning

• 34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
  1 Kings 20:34 Meaning

• Israelites

HOSEA 12:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

• Jews

JOHN 8:33,41Verses in the Bible

• 33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
  John 8:33 Meaning

• 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
  John 8:41 Meaning

• The Laodicean Congregation

REVELATION 3:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

• 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

• See Confidence,False

• See Security,False