16 Bible Verses about Professing

Claiming to be wise, they became fools

They profess to know God, but they deny Him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified for any good work.

They remembered that God was their rock,
the Most High God, their Redeemer.

But they deceived Him with their mouths,
they lied to Him with their tongues,

[“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.]

Smooth lips with an evil heart
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.

“Listen to this, house of Jacob—
those who are called by the name Israel
and have descended from Judah,
who swear by the name of Yahweh
and declare the God of Israel,
but not in truth or righteousness.

So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest profit.

Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don’t obey them.

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!’

He answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

These people honor Me with their lips,
but their heart is far from Me.

“Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say?

Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
but who can find a trustworthy man?

Israel cries out to Me,
“My God, we know You!”

Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.