Isaiah 29:13

Then the Lord said: "Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, worship of me has become merely like rules taught by human beings.

Proverbs 30:6

Don't add to his words, or he will rebuke you, and you will be shown to be a liar.

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them and they take root, they grow and bear fruit. "You are near to us," they say with their mouths, but the truth is that you're far from their hearts.

Isaiah 58:2-3

They seek me day after day, and are eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practices righteousness and has not forsaken the justice of their God. "They ask me to reveal just decisions; they are eager to draw near to God.

Jeremiah 3:10

Yet in all this her treacherous sister Judah didn't return to me with her whole heart, but rather deceptively," declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:2

Although they say, "As surely as the LORD lives,' still they are swearing falsely."

Jeremiah 42:2-4

They told Jeremiah the prophet, "Please listen to what we have to ask of you. Pray to the LORD your God for us and for all these survivors. Indeed, only a few of us remain out of many, as you can see.

Ezekiel 33:31-33

Then they come to you as a group, sit down right in front of you as if they were my people, hear your words and then they don't do what you say because they're seeking only their own desires, they pursue ill-gotten profits, and they keep following their own self-interests.

Matthew 15:2-9

"Why do your disciples disregard the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands when they eat."

Mark 7:2-13

They noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.

Colossians 2:22

All of these things will be destroyed as they are used, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

2 Chronicles 29:1-31

Hezekiah began his reign at the age of 25. He reigned for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah, Zechariah's daughter.

Psalm 17:1

LORD, hear my just plea! Pay attention to my cry! Listen to my prayer, since it does not come from lying lips.

Isaiah 10:6

I'm sending my fury against a godless nation, and I'll command him against the people with whom I'm angry to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.

Isaiah 48:1-2

"Listen to this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and who have come forth from Judah's loins; you who swear oaths in the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel but not in truth, nor in good faith.

Jeremiah 42:20

that you have deceived yourselves. Indeed, you yourselves sent me to the LORD your God, saying, "Pray to the LORD your God for us, and whatever the LORD our God tells us we will do.'

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

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Forasmuch

Isaiah 10:6
I'm sending my fury against a godless nation, and I'll command him against the people with whom I'm angry to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
Isaiah 48:1
"Listen to this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and who have come forth from Judah's loins; you who swear oaths in the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel but not in truth, nor in good faith.
Isaiah 58:2
They seek me day after day, and are eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practices righteousness and has not forsaken the justice of their God. "They ask me to reveal just decisions; they are eager to draw near to God.
Psalm 17:1
LORD, hear my just plea! Pay attention to my cry! Listen to my prayer, since it does not come from lying lips.
Jeremiah 3:10
Yet in all this her treacherous sister Judah didn't return to me with her whole heart, but rather deceptively," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 5:2
Although they say, "As surely as the LORD lives,' still they are swearing falsely."
Jeremiah 12:2
You plant them and they take root, they grow and bear fruit. "You are near to us," they say with their mouths, but the truth is that you're far from their hearts.
Jeremiah 42:2
They told Jeremiah the prophet, "Please listen to what we have to ask of you. Pray to the LORD your God for us and for all these survivors. Indeed, only a few of us remain out of many, as you can see.
Ezekiel 33:31
Then they come to you as a group, sit down right in front of you as if they were my people, hear your words and then they don't do what you say because they're seeking only their own desires, they pursue ill-gotten profits, and they keep following their own self-interests.
Matthew 15:7
You hypocrites! How well did Isaiah prophesy of you when he said,

Their fear

Proverbs 30:6
Don't add to his words, or he will rebuke you, and you will be shown to be a liar.
Matthew 15:2
"Why do your disciples disregard the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands when they eat."
Mark 7:2
They noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.
Colossians 2:22
All of these things will be destroyed as they are used, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

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James 1:8
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he undertakes.

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