Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
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Isaiah 29:13
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD, "Forsomuch as this people, when they be in trouble, do honor me with their mouth, and with their lips, whereas their heart nevertheless is far from me; and the fear which they owe unto me, that turn they to men's laws and doctrines;
Ezekiel 33:31
These come unto thee, after the manner of a great people: yea, my people sit down before thee, and hear thy words, but they do not thereafter: for in their mouths they show themselves, as though they were fervent, but their heart goeth after their own covetous lucre.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold a right Israelite, in whom is no guile."
1 Peter 3:10
If any man long after life, and loveth to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak not guile:
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Leviticus 13:8
If the priest see that the scab be grown abroad in the skin, let him make him unclean: for it is surely a leprosy.