Thematic Bible: The hypocrites in heart

Then the Lord said: "Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, worship of me has become merely like rules taught by human beings.

Verse Concepts

False WorshipFalse Teachingsdouble mindednessHoliness, Purpose OfHonorIrreverenceLaw, Jesus Christ's Attitude ToLaw, Letter And Spirit OfLegalismLipsNominal ReligionOrthodoxy, In NtOutward AppearancePrayer, And WorshipPretence

Teachers Of The LawWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Hindrances ToCharacter Of WickedHypocrites, Description OfFormalityDivided HeartsHuman PreceptsWorship With The HeartLack Of MeaningFruitless LearningMere TalkServicereverenceDishonoring God

"Now as for you, Son of Man, your nation's children keep gathering together to talk about you beside the walls and at the doorway to their houses. Everyone tells one another, "Please come! Let's go hear what the LORD has to say!' Then they come to you as a group, sit down right in front of you as if they were my people, hear your words and then they don't do what you say because they're seeking only their own desires, they pursue ill-gotten profits, and they keep following their own self-interests. As far as they are concerned, you sing romantic songs with a beautiful voice and play a musical instrument well. They'll listen to what you have to say, but they won't put it into practice!

He told them, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites. As it is written, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is worthless, because they teach human rules as doctrines.' You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition." read more.
Then he told them, "You have such a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your own tradition! Because Moses said, "Honor your father and your mother,' and, "Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death.' But you say, "If anyone tells his father or mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me is Corban,"' (that is, an offering to God) "you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.' You are destroying the word of God through your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other things like that."

The godless at heart cherish anger; they won't cry out for help when God afflicts them. They die in their youth; and their life will end among temple prostitutes.