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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 with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good? (Matt. 20:15)

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Isa. 44:18‑20• (Isa. 44:18‑20)

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Mark 7:22• ²²thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: (Mark 7:22)

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Eph. 4:18• ¹⁸being darkened in the understanding, estranged from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardening of their heart, (Eph. 4:18)

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

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1 John 2:11• ¹¹But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not where he goeth, because the darkness blinded his eyes. (1 John 2:11)

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Matt. 23:16‑28• ¹⁶{i}Woe 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.{/i}
¹⁷{i}Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?{/i}
¹⁸{i}And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.{/i}
¹⁹{i}[Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?{/i}
²⁰{i}He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.{/i}
²¹{i}And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.{/i}
²²{i}And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.{/i}
²³{i}Woe 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.{/i}
²⁴{i}Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.{/i}
²⁵{i}Woe 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.{/i}
²⁶{i}Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.{/i}
²⁷{i}Woe 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.{/i}
²⁸{i}Thus also ye, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.{/i} (Matt. 23:16‑28)

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Prov. 26:12• (Prov. 26:12)

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Isa. 5:20‑21• (Isa. 5:20‑21)

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Isa. 8:20• (Isa. 8:20)

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Jer. 4:22• (Jer. 4:22)

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Jer. 8:8‑9• (Jer. 8:8‑9)

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Luke 8:10• ¹⁰{i}And 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.{/i} (Luke 8:10)

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John 9:39‑41• ³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that they that see not may see, and they that see may become blind.
⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees that were with him heard these things , and 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 remaineth. (John 9:39‑41)

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Rom. 1:22• ²²Professing 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 on law, and boastest in God,
¹⁸and knowest the will, and provest the things that differ, being instructed out of the law,
¹⁹and hast confidence that thou thyself art a guide of blind, a light of those in darkness,
²⁰an instructor of foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the 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 not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
²³Thou who boastest in law, through the transgression of the law dost thou dishonour God? (Rom. 2:17‑23)

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1 Cor. 1:18‑20• ¹⁸For the word of the cross is to those that perish foolishness, but to us that are to be saved it is God's power.
¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and put away the understanding of the understanding ones.
²⁰Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this age? Hath 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 receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he cannot know [them] because they are spiritually examined; (1 Cor. 2:14)

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1 Cor. 3:18‑19• ¹⁸Let none deceive himself; if anyone thinketh himself to be wise among you in this age, let him become foolish that he may be wise.
¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He that taketh 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 become rich and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable and poor and blind and naked;
¹⁸I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire that thou mayest wax rich, and white garments that thou mayest be clothed and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifested; 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!