10 Bible Verses about Nominal Religion

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you are like whitened sepulchers, which are beautiful indeed externally, but within they are full of the hones of the dead people, and every impurity. So you also appear unto the people indeed righteous, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Ye hypocrites, beautifully did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying, This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

And responding He said to them, Beautifully did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as has been written, This people honor me with lips, but their heart is far from me. In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

They profess to know God, but deny him by their works, being abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate unto every good work.

But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are rapacious wolves. You shall know them by their fruits. Do the people gather the grape-bunches from thorns, or figs from thistles? So every good tree produces good fruits; and a corrupt tree produces evil fruits.read more.
A good tree is not able to produce evil fruits, neither is a corrupt tree able to produce beautiful fruits. Every tree not producing beautiful fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. Therefore you shall know them perfectly by their fruits. Not every one saying to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in the heavens. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name done many mighty works? Then I will confess unto them that I never knew you: depart from me, ye who work iniquity.

As I exhorted you to remain in Ephesus, I going into Macedonia, in order that you may command certain ones not to teach heterodoxy, nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which present questions, rather than the economy of God which is in faith: but the end of the commandment is divine love out of a clean heart and a good conscience and faith free from hypocrisy:read more.
from which certain ones having deflected have gone out into empty talking, wishing to be teachers of the law, not knowing either what they are saying, or concerning what things they do affirm.

The one saying, I have known him, and keeping not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

But having gone, learned what this is, I wish mercy and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

But if ye had known what this is, I wish mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent.

But know this, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men will be lovers of themselves, moneylovers, arrogant, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, without natural affections, covenant breakers, devilish, intemperate, furious, opposed to good,read more.
traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power of the same: and from these turn away.