Matthew 15:8

New International Version

“ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.

Jeremiah 12:2

You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are always on their lips but far from their hearts.

Ezekiel 33:31

My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.

Matthew 15:7

You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

Mark 7:6

He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

John 1:47

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”

John 5:23

that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.

Acts 8:21

You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

Hebrews 3:12

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

1 Peter 3:10

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.