Mark 7:7

Modern English Version

In vain do they worship Me, teaching as instructions from the precepts of men.’

Cross References

Isaiah 29:13

Therefore, the Lord said: Because this people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is tradition by the precept of men,

Malachi 3:14

You said, “It is vain to serve God. What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, and that we have walked as mourners before the Lord of Hosts?

Matthew 15:9

In vain they do worship Me, teaching as instructions from the precepts of men.’ ”

Matthew 6:7

But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

1 Corinthians 15:14

If Christ has not risen, then our preaching is vain, and your faith is also vain.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Deuteronomy 12:32

Whatever I command you, be careful to do it. You shall not add to it or take away from it.

Colossians 2:22

These all are to perish with use and are aligned with the commandments and teachings of men.

Titus 3:9

But avoid foolish debates, genealogies, contentions, and arguments about the law, for they are unprofitable and useless.

James 1:26

If anyone among you seems to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

James 2:20

But do you want to be shown, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

Revelation 22:18

I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book.

1 Samuel 12:21

But do not turn aside, for then you would be going after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.