Bible Verses about “self righteous”

“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”

“not of works, that no one would boast.”

“For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.”

“I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'”

“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."”

“"Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.”

“The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.”

“But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'”

“As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.”

“He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.”

“For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.”