Matthew 15:9

Human Traditions And God's Commandments

⁸ "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; ⁹ ‘But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’” ¹⁰ And he called the people to him and said to them, "Hear and understand:

Commandments of Men

It is I

No

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

Titus 1:14

not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.

Exodus 20:7

"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Leviticus 26:20

And your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.

Deuteronomy 12:32

"Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.

1 Samuel 25:21

Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good.

Psalm 39:6

Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

Psalm 73:13

All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.

Proverbs 30:5-6

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Ecclesiastes 5:2-7

Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Isaiah 1:13-15

Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations-- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.

Isaiah 58:1-3

"Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins.

Malachi 3:14

You have said, 'It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts?

Mark 7:7

in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

1 Corinthians 15:2

and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.

Colossians 2:18-22

Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions,puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,

1 Timothy 1:4

nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.

1 Timothy 4:1-3

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

1 Timothy 4:6-7

If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.

James 2:20

Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

Revelation 22:18

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book,