Matthew 15:8

Legacy Standard Bible

‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:26

¶Give your heart to me, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways.

Isaiah 29:13

Then the Lord said, “Because this people draw near with their mouth And honor Me with their lips, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their fear of Me is in the command of men learned by rote,

Jeremiah 12:2

You have planted them; they have also taken root; They grow; they have even produced fruit. You are near to their lips But far from their inmost being.

Ezekiel 33:31

They come to you as people come and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their greedy gain.

Matthew 15:7

You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:

Mark 7:6

And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said about him, “Behold, truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”

John 5:23

so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Acts 8:21

You have no part or portion in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.

Hebrews 3:12

See to it brothers, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.

1 Peter 3:10

For, “The one who desires life, to love and see good days, Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.