Isaiah 29:13
These people praise me with their words, said Jehovah, but they never draw near to me in their hearts (deepest thoughts). Their reverence for me comes from the repetitious tradition of men.
Proverbs 30:6
Do not add to his words of he will reprove you. You will be found to be a liar.
Jeremiah 12:2
You plant them, and they take root. They grow and bear fruit. You are near their lips, but far from their mind.
Isaiah 58:2-3
They seek me day by day. They delight to know my ways like a nation that has done righteousness and has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask me for justice and delight. They are pleased that God is near.
Jeremiah 3:10
Even after all this, Israel's treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart. She was deceitful, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 5:2
Even though you claim to worship Jehovah, you do not mean what you say.
Jeremiah 42:2-4
They said to me: Please do what we ask you! Pray to Jehovah our God for us. Pray for all of us who have survived. Once there were many of us. Now there are only a few of us left, as you can see.
Ezekiel 33:31-33
Then they come to you, as if they are still my people, and they sit down in front of you. They listen to what you say, but they do not do it. They say that they love me, but in their hearts they chase dishonest profits.
Matthew 15:2-9
They questioned him: Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? They eat food with unwashed hands.
Mark 7:2-13
They saw that some of his disciples ate their bread with unwashed defiled hands.
Colossians 2:22
These are the precepts and doctrines of men.
2 Chronicles 29:1-31
Hezekiah began to rule as king when he was twenty-five years old. He ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah.
Psalm 17:1
([Psalm of David]) Hear my plea for justice, O Jehovah. Pay attention to my cry. Open your ears to my prayer, spoken without deceit.
Isaiah 10:6
I send him against a godless nation. I commission him against the people of my fury to capture booty and to seize plunder, and to trample them down like mud (clay) in the streets.
Isaiah 48:1-2
Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah. You swear by the name of Jehovah and claim to worship the God of Israel. However you do not mean a word you say.
Jeremiah 42:20
You are making a fatal mistake. You asked me to pray to Jehovah our God for you, and you promised that you would do everything that he commands.