2 occurrences
'Pretense' in the Bible
[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you swallow up widows’ houses, and to cover it up you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation.]
So you, also, outwardly seem to be just and upright to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.