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SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS/FLOATING MORALITY
Today, people state certain decisions are not right or wrong --- it only matters what the individual perceives as right or wrong --- society doesn't dictate right or wrong. Where did our morals go?
WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY TERMS:
right:
being in accordance with what is just, good, or proper, suitable
wrong:
an injurious, unfair, or unjust act; action or conduct inflicting harm without due provocation of just cause
morals:
of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior; expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior
Deuteronomy 9:4-6
because of my righteousness NIV
for my righteousness KJV
Job 9:20
my mouth would condemn me NIV
mine own mouth shall condemn me KJV
Job 9:27-35
if I washed myself with soap NIV
if I wash myself with snow water KJV
Job 32:1
he was righteous in his own eyes NIV
he was righteous in his own eyes KJV
Job 33:9-10
I am pure and without sin NIV
I am clean without transgression KJV
Job 35:2-3
I will be cleared by God NIV
my righteousness is more than God's KJV
Proverbs 12:15
way of a fool seems right to him NIV
way of a fool is right in his own eyes KJV
Proverbs 14:12
way that seems right NIV
way which seemeth right KJV
Proverbs 16:2
a man's ways seem innocent to him NIV
ways of a man are clean in his own eyes KJV
Proverbs 20:6
man claims to have unfailing love NIV
men will proclaim every one his own goodness KJV
Proverbs 21:2
a man's ways seem right to him NIV
every way of a man is right in his own eyes KJV
Proverbs 30:12
those who are pure in their own eyes NIV
there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes KJV
Jeremiah 2:35
you say, I am innocent NIV
yet thou sayest, because I am innocent KJV
Malachi 3:14
what did we gain NIV
what profit is it KJV
Luke 16:15
justify yourselves in the eyes of men NIV
ye are they which justify yourselves before men KJV
Luke 18:9-14
stood up and prayed about himself NIV
stood and prayed thus with himself KJV
Romans 10:3
they did not know the righteousness that comes from God NIV
for they being ignorant of God's righteousness KJV
2 Corinthians 10:12
some who commend themselves --- measure themselves by themselves NIV
some that commend themselves --- measuring themselves by themselves KJV
Revelation 3:17
I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing NIV
I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing KJV