There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And (yet) are not washed from their filthiness.
And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.