Matthew 15:9

Human Traditions And God's Commandments

⁸ This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me; ⁹ and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.' ¹⁰ And having called near the multitude, he said to them, 'Hear and understand:

Commandments of Men

It is I

No

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!

Titus 1:14

not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth;

Exodus 20:7

'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

Leviticus 26:16

I also do this to you, and I have appointed over you trouble, the consumption, and the burning fever, consuming eyes, and causing pain of soul; and your seed in vain ye have sowed, and your enemies have eaten it;

Leviticus 26:20

and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit.

Deuteronomy 12:32

The whole thing which I am commanding you -- it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.

1 Samuel 25:21

And David said, 'Only, in vain I have kept all that this one hath in the wilderness, and nothing hath been looked after of all that he hath, and he turneth back to me evil for good;

Psalm 39:6

Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

Psalm 73:13

Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

Proverbs 30:5-6

Every saying of God is tried, A shield He is to those trusting in Him.

Ecclesiastes 5:2-7

Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

Isaiah 1:13-15

Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it is to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint!

Isaiah 58:1-3

Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins;

Malachi 3:14

Ye have said, 'A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?

Mark 7:7

and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;

1 Corinthians 15:2

through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

Colossians 2:18-22

let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and in worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

1 Timothy 1:4

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that cause questions rather than the building up of God that is in faith: --

1 Timothy 4:1-3

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

1 Timothy 4:6-7

These things placing before the brethren, thou shalt be a good ministrant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, which thou didst follow after,

Hebrews 13:9

with teachings manifold and strange be not carried about, for it is good that by grace the heart be confirmed, not with meats, in which they who were occupied were not profited;

James 2:20

And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

Revelation 22:18

'For I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this scroll, if any one may add unto these, God shall add to him the plagues that have been written in this scroll,