Matthew 15:9

New American Standard Bible 2020

‘And in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 39:6

“Certainly every person walks around as a fleeting shadow; They certainly make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

Psalm 73:13

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure 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 leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

Isaiah 29:13

Then the Lord said, “Because this people approaches Me with their words And honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of the commandment of men that is taught;

Leviticus 26:16

I, in turn, will do this to you: I will summon a sudden terror against you, consumption and fever that will make the eyes fail and the soul languish; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it.

Leviticus 26:20

Your strength will be consumed uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

Malachi 3:14

You have said, ‘It is pointless to serve God; and what benefit is it for us that we have done what He required, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of armies?

Matthew 15:10

After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand!

Mark 7:7

‘And in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

1 Corinthians 15:2

by which you also are saved, if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

Deuteronomy 12:32

“Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take anything away from it.

1 Timothy 1:4

nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to useless speculation rather than advance the plan of God, which is by faith, so I urge you now.

Titus 1:14

not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be misled by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

James 2:20

But are you willing to acknowledge, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless?

Revelation 22:18

I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy 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

Now David had said, “It is certainly for nothing that I have guarded everything that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing has gone missing of all that belonged to him! For he has returned me evil for good.