Ezekiel 33:31

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Ezekiel 33:31

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Summary

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

As the people cometh

Acts 10:33

They sit before thee as my people

For with

1 John 3:17

Shew much love

Isaiah 28:13

Jeremiah 23:33

Luke 16:14

But their

General references

Bible References

As the people cometh

It came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell on me there.

Then some elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me.

Now in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.

She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.

So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

They sit before thee as my people

Thus says the Lord,
“Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is, and walk in it;
And you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

But as soon as Jeremiah, whom the Lord their God had sent, had finished telling all the people all the words of the Lord their God—that is, all these words—

“As for the

message that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

For with

“The Lord heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me, ‘I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

But they deceived Him with their mouth
And lied to Him with their tongue.

Then the Lord said,
“Because this people draw near with their words
And honor Me with their lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,

What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Shew much love

So the word of the Lord to them will be,
“Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken captive.

“Now when this people or the prophet or a priest asks you saying, ‘What is the

oracle of the Lord?’ then you shall say to them, ‘What oracle?’ The Lord declares, ‘I will abandon you.’

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.

But their

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and

wealth.

And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.

Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”

For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

General references

He said to them, “Spend the night here, and I will bring word back to you as the Lord may speak to me.” And the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam.

Apply your heart to discipline
And your ears to words of knowledge.

And he said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up.”

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;