Therefore the Lord said: "These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men. Cross References Matthew 15:8 These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Matthew 15:9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.'" Mark 7:6 Jesus answered them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Mark 7:7 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.' Colossians 2:22 These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. 1 Samuel 15:30 "I have sinned," Saul replied. "Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God." Psalm 17:1 Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit. Psalm 50:16 To the wicked, however, God says, "What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? Isaiah 29:1 Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur. Isaiah 29:12 Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, "I cannot read." Isaiah 42:25 So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart. Isaiah 58:2 For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God." Isaiah 63:17 Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage. Jeremiah 12:2 You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts. Ezekiel 14:1 Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me. Ezekiel 33:30 As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, 'Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!' Ezekiel 33:31 So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. Treasury of Scripture Why the Lord said, For as much as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: forasmuch Isaiah 10:6 Isaiah 48:1,2 Isaiah 58:2,3 their fear 2 Chronicles 29:1 2 Chronicles 30:1 2 Chronicles 31:1 |