Quotes about Hypocrisy

Self-righteous people tend to be critical, dismissive, and impatient with others.

You and I don't always live what we say we believe. There is often a disconnect between our confessional theology and our street-level functional theology. There is often a separation between, on the one hand, the doctrines we say we have embraced and, on the other hand, the choices we make and the anxieties that we feel.

It's natural to want mercy for yourself but justice for others. It's natural to be very aware of the sin others, yet blind to your own. If we are ever going to be people of mercy, we need bountiful mercy ourselves, because what stands in the way of our being a community of mercy is us.

Self-righteousness means you don't see yourself or the other person with accuracy. It means you see his or her speck as a log and your log as a speck. So you are condemning of him or her and excusing of yourself. You treat the other person with judgment while you respond to yourself with patience.

When you think you're righteous, you expect others to be righteous as well, so you become demanding, judgmental, and constantly disappointed.

It's a tragedy when we praise God for his grace on Sunday and deny our need for that grace the rest of the week. Face

We bask in God's grace but throw the law at others. We're

Hypocrites,' replied Cale, 'I've come across a lot of them recently. I mean by that I understand now how many of them there are.

Prayer without action is just religion in hiding.

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.