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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mat 6:23 — But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great [is] that darkness!
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Mat 20:15 |
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? |
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Isa 44:18 |
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand. |
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Isa 44:19 |
And none considereth in his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? |
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Isa 44:20 |
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand? |
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Mar 7:22 |
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: |
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Eph 4:18 |
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: |
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Eph 5:8 |
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light: |
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1Jo 2:11 |
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. |
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Mat 23:16 |
Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! |
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Pro 26:12 |
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him. |
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Isa 5:20 |
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! |
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Isa 5:21 |
Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! |
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Isa 8:20 |
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them. |
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Jer 4:22 |
For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. |
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Jer 8:8 |
How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain. |
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Jer 8:9 |
The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them? |
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Luk 8:10 |
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. |
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Jhn 9:39 |
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. |
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Jhn 9:40 |
And [some] of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? |
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Jhn 9:41 |
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. |
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Rom 1:22 |
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, |
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Rom 2:17 |
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, |
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Rom 2:18 |
And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; |
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Rom 2:19 |
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, |
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Rom 2:20 |
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. |
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Rom 2:21 |
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? |
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Rom 2:22 |
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? |
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Rom 2:23 |
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? |
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1Cr 1:18 |
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. |
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1Cr 1:19 |
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. |
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1Cr 1:20 |
Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? |
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1Cr 2:14 |
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned. |
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1Cr 3:18 |
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. |
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1Cr 3:19 |
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. |
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Rev 3:17 |
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: |
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Rev 3:18 |
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 6:23," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Mat/6/23.html>.
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