Matthew 15:9 - King James Version - American Edition

⁹ But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ But in vain they do worship me, Teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Uselessly do they worship Me, for they teach as doctrines the commands of men. [Isa. 29:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

Common English Bible

⁹ Their worship of me is empty since they teach instructions that are human rules.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ For in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men.' "

Matthew 15:9 Cross References

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Psalm 73:13

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Exodus 20:7

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Isaiah 29:13

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch 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:

Leviticus 26:16

I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Leviticus 26:20

and your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

Malachi 3:14

Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

Matthew 15:10

And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

Mark 7:7

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

1 Corinthians 15:2

by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

Deuteronomy 12:32

What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

1 Timothy 1:4

neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

Titus 1:14

not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

Hebrews 13:9

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

James 2:20

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Revelation 22:18

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

1 Samuel 25:21

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.