Matthew 15:9

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Their worship of me is worthless. The things they teach are only human rules.’” Isaiah 29:13

Cross References

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord says, “These people come to honor me with words, but I am not really important to them. The worship they give me is nothing but human rules they have memorized.

Mark 7:7

Their worship of me is worthless. The things they teach are only human rules.’ Isaiah 29:13

1 Timothy 1:4

Tell them not to give their time to meaningless stories and to long lists of names to prove their family histories. Such things only cause arguments. They don’t help God’s work, which is done only by faith.

Titus 1:14

and they will stop paying attention to the stories told by those Jews. They will stop following the commands of those who have turned away from the truth.

Hebrews 13:9

Don’t let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Depend only on God’s grace for spiritual strength, not on rules about foods. Obeying those rules doesn’t help anyone.

James 2:20

You fool! Faith that does nothing is worth nothing. Do you want me to prove this to you?

1 Samuel 25:21

David was saying, “I protected Nabal’s property in the desert. I made sure not one of his sheep was missing. I did all that for nothing. I was good to him, but he was rude to me.

Deuteronomy 12:32

“You must be careful to do everything I command you. Don’t add anything to what I tell you, and don’t take anything away.

Exodus 20:7

“You must not use the name of the Lord your God to make empty promises. If you do, the Lord will not let you go unpunished.

Psalm 73:13

Clearly, then, I gain nothing by keeping my thoughts pure! What good is it to keep myself from sin?

Psalm 39:6

Our life is like an image in a mirror. We rush through life collecting things, but we don’t know who will get them after we die.

Leviticus 26:20

You will work hard, but it will not help. Your land will not give any crops, and your trees will not grow their fruit.

Leviticus 26:16

If you do that, I will cause terrible things to happen to you. I will cause you to have disease and fever. They will destroy your eyes and take away your life. You will not have success when you plant your seed. And your enemies will eat your crops.

Revelation 22:18

I warn everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds anything to these, God will give that person the plagues written about in this book.

Malachi 3:14

You said, “It is useless to worship God. We did what the Lord All-Powerful told us, but we didn’t gain anything. We cried like people at a funeral to show we were sorry for our sins, but it didn’t help.

1 Corinthians 15:2

That Good News, the message you heard from me, is God’s way to save you. But you must continue believing it. If you don’t, you believed for nothing.

Matthew 15:10

Jesus called the people to him. He said, “Listen and understand what I am saying.