Isaiah 29:13

New Century Version

The Lord says: “These people worship me with their mouths, and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is based on nothing but human rules.

Cross References

Psalm 17:1

Lord, hear me begging for fairness; listen to my cry for help. Pay attention to my prayer, because I speak the truth.

Psalm 50:16

But God says to the wicked, “Why do you talk about my laws? Why do you mention my agreement?

Proverbs 30:6

Do not add to his words, or he will correct you and prove you are a liar.

Isaiah 10:6

I send it to fight against a nation that is separated from God. I am angry with those people, so I command Assyria to fight against them, to take their wealth from them, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.

Isaiah 29:1

How terrible it will be for you, Jerusalem, the city where David camped. Your festivals have continued year after year.

Isaiah 29:12

Or you may give the book to someone who cannot read and tell him to read it. But he will say, “I don’t know how to read.”

Isaiah 30:11

Stop blocking our path. Get out of our way. Stop telling us about God, the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 42:25

So he became very angry with us and brought terrible wars against us. It was as if the people of Israel had fire all around them, but they didn’t know what was happening. It was as if they were burning, but they didn’t pay any attention.

Isaiah 63:17

Lord, why are you making us wander from your ways? Why do you make us stubborn so that we don’t honor you? For our sake come back to us, your servants, who belong to you.

Jeremiah 12:2

You have put the evil people here like plants with strong roots. They grow and produce fruit. With their mouths they speak well of you, but their hearts are really far away from you.

Jeremiah 3:10

Israel’s wicked sister didn’t even come back to me with her whole heart, but only pretended,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 42:20

that you are making a mistake that will cause your deaths. You sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us. Tell us everything the Lord our God says, and we will do it.’

Jeremiah 5:2

Although the people say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’ they don’t really mean it.”

Ezekiel 14:1

Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 33:30

“But as for you, human, your people are talking about you by the walls and in the doorways of houses. They say to each other: ‘Come now, and hear the message from the Lord.’

Hosea 7:14

They do not call to me from their hearts. They just lie on their beds and cry. They come together to ask for grain and new wine, but they really turn away from me.

Colossians 2:22

These rules refer to earthly things that are gone as soon as they are used. They are only human commands and teachings.

1 Samuel 15:30

Saul answered, “I have sinned. But please honor me in front of the elders of my people and in front of the Israelites. Come back with me so that I can worship the Lord your God.”