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Matt. 6:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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Matt. 20:15• ¹⁵is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because *I* am good? (Matt. 20:15)

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Isa. 44:18‑20• ¹⁸They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand.
¹⁹And none taketh it to heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and have also baked bread upon the coals thereof, I have roasted flesh, and eaten it, and with the rest thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
²⁰He 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? (Isa. 44:18‑20)

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Mark 7:22• ²²thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly; (Mark 7:22)

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Eph. 4:18• ¹⁸being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts, (Eph. 4:18)

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Eph. 5:8• ⁸for ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord; walk as children of light, (Eph. 5:8)

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1 John 2:11• ¹¹But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. (1 John 2:11)

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Matt. 23:16‑28• ¹⁶Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
¹⁷Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
¹⁸And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.
¹⁹Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?
²⁰He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
²¹And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
²²And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.
²³Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
²⁴Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
²⁵Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.
²⁶Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.
²⁷Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
²⁸Thus also *ye*, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. (Matt. 23:16‑28)

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Prov. 26:12• ¹²Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him. (Prov. 26:12)

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Isa. 5:20‑21• ²⁰Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
²¹Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem! (Isa. 5:20‑21)

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Isa. 8:20• ²⁰To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak. (Isa. 8:20)

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Jer. 4:22• ²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. (Jer. 4:22)

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Jer. 8:8‑9• ⁸How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.
⁹The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them? (Jer. 8:8‑9)

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Luke 8:10• ¹⁰And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. (Luke 8:10)

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John 9:39‑41• ³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?
⁴¹Jesus said to them, If ye were blind ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remains. (John 9:39‑41)

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Rom. 1:22• ²²professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, (Rom. 1:22)

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Rom. 2:17‑23• ¹⁷But if *thou* art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God,
¹⁸and knowest the will, and discerningly approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
¹⁹and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,
²⁰an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law:
²¹thou then that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that preachest not to steal, dost thou steal?
²²thou that sayest man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
²³thou who boastest in law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God? (Rom. 2:17‑23)

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1 Cor. 1:18‑20• ¹⁸For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.
¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.
²⁰Where is the wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (1 Cor. 1:18‑20)

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1 Cor. 2:14• ¹⁴But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned; (1 Cor. 2:14)

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1 Cor. 3:18‑19• ¹⁸Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.
¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness. (1 Cor. 3:18‑19)

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Rev. 3:17‑18• ¹⁷Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;
¹⁸I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:17‑18)

J. N. Darby Translation

but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!

W. Kelly Translation

but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great the darkness!