Thematic Bible: False profession

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. Verse Concepts

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. Verse Concepts

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Verse Concepts

Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart. Verse Concepts

"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you? Verse Concepts

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. Verse Concepts

They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer. But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD and confess the God of Israel, but not in truth or right. Verse Concepts

And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; Verse Concepts