Isaiah 29:13

God's Word

The Lord says, “These people worship me with their mouths and honor me with their lips. But their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is ⌞based on⌟ rules made by humans.

Cross References

Psalm 17:1

Hear my plea for justice, O Lord. Pay attention to my cry. Open your ears to my prayer, ⌞which comes⌟ from lips free from deceit.

Psalm 50:16

But God says to wicked people, “How dare you quote my decrees and mouth my promises!

Proverbs 30:6

Do not add to his words, or he will reprimand you, and you will be found to be a liar.

Isaiah 10:6

I send them against a godless nation. In my fury I order them against the people to take their belongings, loot them, and trample on them like mud in the streets.

Isaiah 29:1

How horrible it will be for you Ariel, Ariel, the city where David camped. Let year after year go by. Let your annual festivals go on.

Isaiah 29:12

Then you give the book to someone who can’t read, saying, “Please read this.” He answers, “I can’t read.”

Isaiah 30:11

Get out of our way! Stop blocking our path! Get the Holy One of Israel out of our sight.’ ”

Isaiah 42:25

So he poured out his burning anger and the horrors of war on them. It engulfed them in flames, but they did not understand. It burned them, but they did not take it to heart.

Isaiah 63:17

O Lord, why do you let us wander from your ways and become so stubborn that we are unable to fear you? Return for the sake of your servants. They are the tribes that belong to you.

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them, and they take root. They grow, and they produce fruit. They speak well of you with their lips, but their hearts are far from you.

Jeremiah 3:10

Even after all this, Israel’s treacherous sister Judah didn’t wholeheartedly come back to me. She was deceitful,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 42:20

You only deceived yourselves when you sent me to the Lord your God and said, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us, and tell us everything that the Lord our God says, and we’ll do it.’

Jeremiah 5:2

People say, “As the Lord lives …” Yet, they lie when they take this oath.

Ezekiel 14:1

Some of Israel’s leaders came to me and sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 33:30

“Son of man, your people are talking about you by the walls and in the doorways of their homes. They are saying to each other, ‘Let’s go and hear the word that has come from the Lord.’

Hosea 7:14

They don’t pray to me sincerely, even though they cry in their beds and make cuts on their bodies while praying for grain and new wine. They have turned against me.

Colossians 2:22

All of these things deal with objects that are only used up anyway.

1 Samuel 15:30

Saul replied, “I have sinned! Now please honor me in front of the leaders of my people and in front of Israel. Come back with me, and let me worship the Lord your God.”