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Selected Verse: Luke 16:15 - King James

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Lu 16:15 King James And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
justify yourselves--make a show of righteousness.

highly esteemed among men--generally carried away by plausible appearances. (See Sa1 16:7; and Luk 14:11).
 
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11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.