Matthew 15:9

New Century Version

Their worship of me is worthless. The things they teach are nothing but human rules.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 39:6

People are like shadows moving about. All their work is for nothing; they collect things but don’t know who will get them.

Psalm 73:13

So why have I kept my heart pure? Why have I kept my hands from doing wrong?

Exodus 20:7

“You must not use the name of the Lord your God thoughtlessly; the Lord will punish anyone who misuses his name.

Isaiah 29:13

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.

Leviticus 26:16

As a result, I will do this to you: I will cause terrible things to happen to you. I will cause you to have disease and fever that will destroy your eyes and slowly kill you. You will not have success when you plant your seed, and your enemy will eat your crops.

Leviticus 26:20

You will work hard, but it will not help. Your land will not grow any crops, and your trees will not give their fruit.

Malachi 3:14

“You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. It did no good to obey his laws and to show the Lord All-Powerful that we were sorry for what we did.

Matthew 15:10

After Jesus called the crowd to him, he said, “Listen and understand what I am saying.

Mark 7:7

Their worship of me is worthless. The things they teach are nothing but human rules.’

1 Corinthians 15:2

And you are being saved by it if you continue believing what I told you. If you do not, then you believed for nothing.

Deuteronomy 12:32

Be sure to do everything I have commanded you. Do not add anything to it, and do not take anything away from it.

1 Timothy 1:4

Tell them not to spend their time on stories that are not true and on long lists of names in family histories. These things only bring arguments; they do not help God’s work, which is done in faith.

Titus 1:14

not accepting Jewish false stories and the commands of people who reject the truth.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace, not by obeying rules about foods, which do not help those who obey them.

James 2:20

You foolish person! Must you be shown that faith that does nothing is worth nothing?

Revelation 22:18

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to these words, God will add to that person the disasters written about in this book.

1 Samuel 25:21

David had just said, “It’s been useless! I watched over Nabal’s property in the desert. I made sure none of his sheep was missing. I did good to him, but he has paid me back with evil.