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Romans 2:19

and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who [are] in darkness,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18and knowest the will, and discerningly approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law:

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!

Isaiah 49:9saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.

Matthew 4:16the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in [the] country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up.

Matthew 6:23but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!

Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

Luke 1:79to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in [the] shadow of death, to guide our feet into [the] way of peace.

Matthew Henry on Romans 2:18-29

The Pretensions of the Jews; The Depravity of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou therefore which teachest… Read the whole commentary →

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