13 Bible Verses about Characteristics Of Pharisees

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit. But the Pharisees grant both.

saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat,

Then came the disciples of John to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?"

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees did fast, and they therefore came and said unto him, "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not?"

All these things heard the Pharisees also which were covetous. And they mocked him,

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often, eat not; observing the traditions of the elders.

When the Pharisee saw that, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.

And the Lord said to him, "Now do ye, O Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup, and of the platter: but your inward parts are full of ravening and wickedness.

As there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people - insomuch that they trod one another - he began to say unto his disciples, "First of all, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

For I say unto you, Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.

"Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this publican. I fast twice in the week. I give tithe of all that I possess.'

But the Pharisees and scribes despised the counsel of God, against themselves, and were not baptised of him.