16 Bible Verses about Professing
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They claim to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified to do anything good.
Then they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God was their deliverer.
But they deceived him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation!
A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver that's what smooth lips with a wicked heart are.
"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.
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.
As far as they are concerned, you sing romantic songs with a beautiful voice and play a musical instrument well. They'll listen to what you have to say, but they won't put it into practice!
"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, "Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.
Then I will tell them plainly, "I never knew you. Get away from me, you who practice evil!'"
He told them, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites. As it is written, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.
