Deuteronomy 7:17
7:17 If you think, “These nations are more numerous than I – how can I dispossess them?”
Deuteronomy 8:17
8:17 Be careful
not to say, “My own ability and skill
have gotten me this wealth.”
Deuteronomy 18:21
18:21 Now if you say to yourselves,
‘How can we tell that a message is not from the
Lord?’
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Isaiah 47:8
47:8 So now, listen to this,
O one who lives so lavishly,
who lives securely,
who says to herself,
‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!
I will never have to live as a widow;
I will never lose my children.’
Zephaniah 1:12
1:12 At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps.
I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin,
those who think to themselves,
‘The Lord neither rewards nor punishes.’
Luke 5:21-22
5:21 Then
the experts in the law
and the Pharisees began to think
to themselves,
“Who is this man
who is uttering blasphemies?
Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
5:22 When Jesus perceived
their hostile thoughts,
he said to them,
“Why are you raising objections
within yourselves?