Matthew 15:9

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walks around like a shadow; surely they make an uproar in vain; he heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them.

Psalm 73:13

Surely I have kept my heart clean in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

Exodus 20:7

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes His name in vain.

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,

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this to you: I will visit you with terror, with wasting disease, and with a fever that shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart, and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Leviticus 26:20

Your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield her increase, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

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 15:10

He called the crowds and said to them, “Hear and understand:

Mark 7:7

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

1 Corinthians 15:2

Through it you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached to you, unless you have believed 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.

1 Timothy 1:4

nor pay attention to fables and endless genealogies, which cause debates rather than godly edifying, which is in faith.

Titus 1:14

not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who reject the truth.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away with diverse and strange teachings. It is a good thing that the heart be strengthened with grace, not with foods, which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

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 25:21

Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him. And he has returned me evil for good.