13 Bible Verses about Characteristics Of Pharisees

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.

saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.

Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.

The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

"Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.