13 Bible Verses about Characteristics Of Pharisees

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge both.

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

Then came to Him the disciples of John, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Thy disciples fast not?"

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to Him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Thy disciples fast not?"

And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were openly mocking Him.

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands thoroughly, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

And the Pharisee, seeing it, marvelled that He was not first immersed before breakfast.

But the Lord said to him, "Now ye, the Pharisees, cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

In the meantime, the vast multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread one upon another, He began to say to His disciples, first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

For I say to you that, unless your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

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

The Pharisee, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector! I fast twice on the Sabbath; I give a tenth of all that I acquire.'

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God as to themselves, not having been immersed by him.