Isaiah 65:5
65:5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself!
Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’
These people are like smoke in my nostrils,
like a fire that keeps burning all day long.
Zephaniah 3:11
3:11 In that day you will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me,
for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast,
and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.
Luke 15:28-30
15:28 But the older son
became angry
and refused
to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,
15:29 but he answered
his father, ‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave
for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet
you never gave me even a goat
so that I could celebrate with my friends!
15:30 But when this son of yours
came back, who has devoured
your assets with prostitutes,
you killed the fattened calf
for him!’
Luke 18:11
18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:
‘God, I thank
you that I am not like other people:
extortionists,
unrighteous people,
adulterers – or even like this tax collector.