There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Who {is} a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! {call...: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc}

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? {there is} more hope of a fool than of him.

And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

For when they speak great swelling {words} of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, {through much} wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. {clean: or, for a little, or, a while, as some read}

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

How do ye say, We {are} wise, and the law of the LORD {is} with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he {it}; the pen of the scribes {is} in vain. {in vain made...: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood}

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. {alms: or, righteousness} {of your: or, with your}

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.