Thematic Bible: False profession

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

So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don't obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue unjust gain. Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don't obey them.

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

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven. Verse Concepts

Smooth lips with an evil heart
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.
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“Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say? Verse Concepts

Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action. Verse Concepts

They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their Redeemer. But they deceived Him with their mouths, they lied to Him with their tongues,

“Listen to this, house of Jacob—
those who are called by the name Israel
and have descended from Judah,
who swear by the name of Yahweh
and declare the God of Israel,
but not in truth or righteousness.
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He answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

These people honor

Me with their lips,

but their heart is far from Me.
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