Bible Cross References
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Isaiah 29:13
The Lord said, "These people claim to worship me, but their words are meaningless, and their hearts are somewhere else. Their religion is nothing but human rules and traditions, which they have simply memorized.
Matthew 15:7-9
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You hypocrites! How right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you!
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'These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me.
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It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!' "
Acts 28:25
So they left, disagreeing among themselves, after Paul had said this one thing: "How well the Holy Spirit spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors!
hypocrites
Matthew 23:13-15
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"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven in people's faces, but you yourselves don't go in, nor do you allow in those who are trying to enter!
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"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You sail the seas and cross whole countries to win one convert; and when you succeed, you make him twice as deserving of going to hell as you yourselves are!
Luke 11:39-44
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So the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of your cup and plate, but inside you are full of violence and evil.
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Fools! Did not God, who made the outside, also make the inside?
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But give what is in your cups and plates to the poor, and everything will be ritually clean for you.
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"How terrible for you Pharisees! You give to God one tenth of the seasoning herbs, such as mint and rue and all the other herbs, but you neglect justice and love for God. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.
43
"How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the reserved seats in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces.
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How terrible for you! You are like unmarked graves which people walk on without knowing it."
honoureth
Ezekiel 33:31
So my people crowd in to hear what you have to say, but they don't do what you tell them to do. Loving words are on their lips, but they continue their greedy ways.
Hosea 8:2
Even though they call me their God and claim that they are my people and that they know me,
Hosea 8:3
they have rejected what is good. Because of this their enemies will pursue them.
John 5:42
But I know what kind of people you are, and I know that you have no love for God in your hearts.
John 8:41
You are doing what your father did." "God himself is the only Father we have," they answered, "and we are his true children."
John 8:42
Jesus said to them, "If God really were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. I did not come on my own authority, but he sent me.
John 8:54
Jesus answered, "If I were to honor myself, that honor would be worth nothing. The one who honors me is my Father---the very one you say is your God.
John 8:55
You have never known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his word.
John 15:24
They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not done among them the things that no one else ever did; as it is, they have seen what I did, and they hate both me and my Father.
2 Timothy 3:5
they will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject its real power. Keep away from such people.
Titus 1:16
They claim that they know God, but their actions deny it. They are hateful and disobedient, not fit to do anything good.
James 2:14-17
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My friends, what good is it for one of you to say that you have faith if your actions do not prove it? Can that faith save you?
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Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need clothes and don't have enough to eat.
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What good is there in your saying to them, "God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!"---if you don't give them the necessities of life?
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So it is with faith: if it is alone and includes no actions, then it is dead.