45 Bible Verses about Hypocrisy

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water?

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law -- justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest.

When they stumble, they will be granted some help. But many will unite with them deceitfully.

"Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

"Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people.

and in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.' You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

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Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.

But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, "Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

"When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,' while you yourself don't see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.

And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them by their hypocrisy.

For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!

that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,

He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

So the sovereign master was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?