16 Bible Verses about Professing

professing to be wise, they were made fools,

God they profess to know, and in the works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

And they remember that God is their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.

And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.

Silver of dross spread over potsherd, Are burning lips and an evil heart.

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the name of Jehovah, And of the God of Israel make mention, Not in truth nor in righteousness.

And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee -- My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.

And lo, thou art to them as a singer of doting loves, A pleasant voice, and playing well on an instrument, And they have heard thy words, and they are not doing them.

'Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

and then I will acknowledge to them, that -- I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.

and he answering said to them -- 'Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me;

'And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

To Me they cry, 'My God, we -- Israel -- have known Thee.'

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!