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Ezekiel 33:31-32

Titus 1:16
These people claim to know God [as Savior], but they deny Him by their actions, so they are detestable and disobedient and unfit for doing anything good. Verse ConceptsInconsistencyethics, incentives towardsWarnings Against ApostasyBeing A SoldierDenying ChristDeception, Forbidden By GodDeceit, Practice OfClaimsNominal ReligionCharacter Of WickedDisobedience, To GodIgnorance Towards God, Shown ByApostasy, Nt ExamplesProfessingDenying GodUseless PeopleWork EthicFake FriendsdisobedienceatheismdenialDenying God And His Power

Matthew 7:21
"Not every person who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven; but [only] that person who does what my Father in heaven requires. Verse Conceptsethics, personalethics, and graceGuidance, Need For God'sKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLaw, Ten CommandmentsThe Lord's PrayerPleasing GodSermon On The MountProfessingEntering The KingdomDoing God's WillChrist Is LordDoing God's WorksOur Father In HeavenRelationship Of Father And SonGoing To Heaven

Proverbs 26:23
Verse ConceptsCoatsNominal ReligionWicked Described AsProfessingArtificialnessOverlaid With SilverShowing Hypocrisy

Luke 6:46
And why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and [yet] not obey what I tell you to do? Verse ConceptsDeception, Forbidden By GodProfessingChrist Is LordCalling

1 John 3:18
Little children [i.e., dear ones], we should not [merely] claim to love [people], or [even just] talk about it, but [we should love] by what we do [for them] in a genuine way. Verse ConceptsLoveFruit, SpiritualSincerity, In Christian LivingProfessingNew Birth, Evidenced BySincereityAim At LoveMere TalkLove For ChildrenGood ChildrenThe TongueStudyingGod's Love For UsTrue LoveEncouraging OthersLove Shown By DeedsTelling The TruthThe BibleKidsGods LoveEmotionsMotivationBeing LovedLoving One AnotherBeing PositiveFake FriendsNot Being AloneScriptureBeing DifferentLoving ChildrenBeing UniqueSpeechchristianityhelpingactingloverslovingothersdeedsCall To Action

Psalm 78:35-36

Isaiah 48:1
Verse ConceptseagernessPerjuryProfessingSwearing Oaths FalselyGod Renaming PeopleSwearingListening To Godisrael

Mark 7:6
And He answered them, "Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites very well when he wrote [Isa. 29:13], 'These people honor me with their lips [i.e., by what they say], but their heart is far from [honoring] me. Verse ConceptsHoliness, Purpose OfLegalismLipsPretenceProfessingLack Of MeaningGod And The HeartMere TalkNamed Prophets Of The LordProphecies concerningHypocritesHypocrisy

Acts 22:3
"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, in Cilicia, but raised [here] in this city [i.e., Jerusalem]. [I was] instructed by Gamaliel [i.e., a renowned Jewish rabbi of the time] according to the strictest methods of observing the law of our forefathers. [I was very] eager to serve God, just as all of you are here today. Verse ConceptsEducation, Examples OfPaul, Life OfSelf ConfidenceLegalismSitting At The FeetSchoolsTaking The Law To HeartEducationSchoolzealots

Acts 16:3
Paul wanted him to travel with him [on a preaching mission] so he had him circumcised in order to avoid prejudice by the Jews in that area, for everyone knew that his father was a Greek. Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalMissionary Work, Examples OfGoing TogetherIsrael HardenedJews

Acts 21:20
And when they heard [all] this, they gave honor to God, then said to Paul, "Brother, you can see how many thousands of Jewish believers [in Christ] there are [everywhere] and all of them are eager to observe the [requirements of the] law of Moses. Verse ConceptsZealMany In The ChurchSalvation For IsraelSpecific Praising Of GodTaking The Law To Heartzealots

Luke 6:2
But certain Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is against the law of Moses on the Sabbath day?" Verse ConceptsComplaintsConfrontationRitualLegalismDisputesPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And Christ

Galatians 1:14
I advanced in the Jewish religion beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen. I have been extremely more zealous in advocating the traditions [taught] by my forefathers. Verse ConceptsLegalismPharisees, Beliefs OfNew Age BeliefsResolving Conflictzealotscredibility

Acts 15:5
But certain believers, [who had been] members of the sect called Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion], began saying, "It is necessary to circumcise people [see verse 1] and require them to keep [the ordinances of] the law of Moses." Verse ConceptsExclusivenessCircumcision, physicalBelieversHeresiesJudaismSectsNecessity Of CircumcisionThose Who Believed In ChristKeep The Commandments!pharisees

Mark 2:24
And the Pharisees asked Him, "Look, why are they [i.e., Jesus' disciples] doing what is against the law of Moses on the Sabbath day?" Verse ConceptsComplaintsRitualLegalismPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And Christ

Luke 13:14
But the official of the synagogue became angry because Jesus had healed [someone] on the Sabbath day. [Note: This was viewed as a violation of proper Sabbath day observance by certain Jews who interpreted the law of Moses with narrow legalism]. So, the official said to the crowd, "There are six days [in the week] for people to work. Therefore, you should come to be healed on one of them, and not on the Sabbath day." Verse ConceptsDays, Natural UsePharisees, Beliefs OfLegalismSix DaysAngry With ChristDoing One's WorkJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

John 5:10
So, the Jews said to the man who was healed, "It is not permissible for you to pick up your cot because it is the Sabbath day." Verse ConceptsThe Sabbath And Christrelaxation

Romans 10:2
For I can testify that they have an enthusiasm for God, but it is without [true] knowledge. Verse ConceptsZeal, Without KnowledgeUnwise ZealBeing Devoted to God

Galatians 4:9
But now that you have come to know God [as your Father], or rather, to be known by Him [as His children], how can you turn back again to the weak, cheap, elementary teachings [of the law of Moses], to which you [seem to] desire to become enslaved? Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingElementsConfusionUseless ThingsUniquenessElements Of The UniverseGod Knowing His PeopleSubject To EvilWorry And StressIdentityWeaknessKnowing GodIdentity In Christ

Mark 7:4
And when they returned from the open shopping markets they refused to eat [anything] until they washed themselves [or "it," that is, the food, thoroughly]. There were also many other traditions which they [strictly] observed, like washing cups, pots and copper kettles [thoroughly].) [Note: The most accurate Greek manuscripts do not add "and beds" in this verse]. Verse ConceptsMarketsBrassPurifying OneselfClean ObjectsHow People Eatmarketing

Acts 15:10
Why are you putting God on trial by trying to harness the disciples with a burden [i.e., compliance with the law of Moses], which neither our forefathers nor we could possibly bear? Verse ConceptsLegalismSatan, As TempterTestingYokesTesting GodUnbearable ThingsPutting God FirstResisting TemptationTeststrying

Galatians 5:1
Christ set us free [from condemnation under the law of Moses], so we could stay free! Remain where you are then, and do not get tangled up again in the enslaving harness [of the law of Moses]. Verse ConceptsAccepting ChristFreedom from the LawFaithfulness, To GodMoses, Significance OfSlavery, SpiritualStabilityStandingYokesCaptivity, MetaphoricallyChrist As Liberator4th of julySteadfastnessSubject To EvilChristian LibertyGod's YokeReligious FreedomslaveryFreedomFree Willfreeliberation

Colossians 2:20
Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of the world, [then] why, as though you [still] lived in [harmony with] the world, do you submit yourselves to [its] rules, [such as]: Verse ConceptsMortificationAbolish, Evil ThingsChristian Liberty Is Freedom FromFormalityDying With ChristDead To SinElements Of The UniverseHuman Law

Hebrews 9:10
since, with foods and drinks and various [ceremonial] washings, they are only outward regulations imposed until the time when everything would be made right [i.e., under the New Agreement]. Verse ConceptsRitualLimitations Of The Bodyorder

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