10 “WOE UNTO YOU” QUOTES
From Jesus (The Gospels):
Matthew 23:13 – “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men…”
Matthew 23:15 – “Woe unto you… for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”
Matthew 23:16 – “Woe unto you, ye blind guides…”
Matthew 23:23 – “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith…”
Matthew 23:27 – “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones…”
Luke 6:24 – “But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.”
Luke 6:25 – “Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger.”
Luke 6:26 – “Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.”
Matthew 11:21 – “Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”
Matthew 18:7 – “Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!”
From the Prophets (Old Testament):
(Bonus Context: The “Woe” is a funeral cry. God is mourning what is already dead spiritually.)
11. Isaiah 5:20 – “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness…”
12. Isaiah 5:21 – “Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!”
13. Amos 5:18 – “Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.”
14. Habakkuk 2:6 – “Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! …shall not the creditors rise up suddenly?”
15. Isaiah 31:1 – “Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots…”
10 DIRECT WARNINGS FROM GOD
From the Old Testament:
Genesis 2:17 – “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
Exodus 20:5 – “For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.”
Deuteronomy 28:15 – “But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God… that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.”
Proverbs 29:1 – “He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”
Ezekiel 33:8 – “When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.”
Malachi 2:2 – “If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name… I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings.”
Leviticus 26:21 – “And if ye walk contrary unto me… then I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.”
Numbers 32:23 – “Be sure your sin will find you out.”
Jeremiah 17:5 – “Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.”
Amos 4:12 – “Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.”
From Jesus (New Testament):
Matthew 7:21–23 – “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven… And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”
Luke 13:3 – “I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”
John 8:24 – “For if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.”
Mark 9:43–44 – “And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off… It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched.”
Revelation 2:5 – “Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.”
Hebrews 10:31 – “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
2 Thessalonians 1:8–9 – “In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God… Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord.”
James 4:4 – “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
1 Corinthians 11:29 – “For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.”
Revelation 21:8 – “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
Why These Matter:
Warnings are not threats from a tyrant. They are alarms from a Savior.
“Woe” is grief. “Warning” is grace.
God warns because He wants to save.
PRAYER FOR WHOMSOEVERS
Lord, soften my heart to hear Your warnings. Do not let me grow deaf to Your voice. Save me from the woe of hypocrisy and the danger of unrepentance. Let Your fear keep me faithful. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
