Matthew 15:9

God's Word

Their worship of me is pointless, because their teachings are rules made by humans.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 39:6

Each person who walks around is like a shadow. They are busy for no reason. They accumulate riches without knowing who will get them.”

Psalm 73:13

I’ve received no reward for keeping my life pure and washing my hands of any blame.

Exodus 20:7

“Never use the name of the Lord your God carelessly. The Lord will make sure that anyone who carelessly uses his name will be punished.

Isaiah 29:13

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.

Leviticus 26:16

then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.

Leviticus 26:20

You will work hard for nothing because your land will produce no crops and the trees will produce no fruit.

Malachi 3:14

“You have said, ‘It’s pointless to serve God. What do we gain if we meet his standards or if we walk around feeling sorry for what we’ve done?

Matthew 15:10

Then he called the crowd and said to them, “Listen and try to understand!

Mark 7:7

Their worship of me is pointless, because their teachings are rules made by humans.’

1 Corinthians 15:2

In addition, you are saved by this Good News if you hold on to the doctrine I taught you, unless you believed it without thinking it over.

Deuteronomy 12:32

Be sure to do everything I command you. Never add anything to it or take anything away from it.

1 Timothy 1:4

and occupying themselves with myths and endless genealogies. These myths and genealogies raise a lot of questions rather than promoting God’s plan, which centers in faith.

Titus 1:14

They shouldn’t pay attention to Jewish myths or commands given by people who are always rejecting the truth.

Hebrews 13:9

Don’t get carried away by all kinds of unfamiliar teachings. Gaining inner strength from God’s kindness  is good for us. This strength does not come from following rules about food, rules that don’t help those who follow them.

James 2:20

You fool! Do you have to be shown that faith which does nothing is useless?

Revelation 22:18

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy in this book: If anyone adds anything to this, God will strike him with the plagues that are written in this book.

1 Samuel 25:21

David had thought, “I guarded this man’s stuff in the desert for nothing! Not one of his possessions was missing. Yet, he has paid me back with evil when I was good to him.