Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Forasmuch
Their fear
General references
Bible References
Forasmuch
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
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.
Isaiah 58:2
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.
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.
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 12:2
You plant them, and they take root. They grow and bear fruit. You are near their lips, but far from their mind.
Jeremiah 42:2
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
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 15:7
You hypocrites (liars)! Isaiah's prophecy was right about you.
Their fear
Proverbs 30:6
Do not add to his words of he will reprove you. You will be found to be a liar.
Matthew 15:2
They questioned him: Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? They eat food with unwashed hands.
Mark 7:2
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.
General references
James 1:8
A double-minded man is unstable (inconsistent) in all his ways.