Matthew 15:9

Holman Christian Standard Bible

They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of men.”

Cross References

Psalm 39:6

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow. Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain, gathering possessions without knowing who will get them.

Psalm 73:13

Did I purify my heart and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?

Exodus 20:7

Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said: Because these people approach Me with their mouths to honor Me with lip-service — yet their hearts are far from Me, and their worship consists of man-made rules learned by rote —

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this to you: I will bring terror on you — wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Leviticus 26:20

and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Malachi 3:14

You have said: “It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?

Matthew 15:10

Summoning the crowd, He told them, “Listen and understand:

Mark 7:7

They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of men.

1 Corinthians 15:2

You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you — unless you believed for no purpose.

Deuteronomy 12:32

You must be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.

1 Timothy 1:4

or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These promote empty speculations rather than God’s plan, which operates by faith.

Titus 1:14

and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of men who reject the truth.

Hebrews 13:9

Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by foods, since those involved in them have not benefited.

James 2:20

Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?

Revelation 22:18

I testify to everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book.

1 Samuel 25:21

David had just said, “I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good.