Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

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Bible References

Draweth

Isaiah 29:13
Then the Lord said: "Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, worship of me has become merely like rules taught by human beings.
Ezekiel 33:31
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.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said about him, "Look, a genuine Israeli, in whom there is no deceit!"
1 Peter 3:10
"For the person who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

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Leviticus 13:8
When the priest examines him and determines that the scab did, in fact, spread in his skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean, since it's an infectious skin disease."

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