Hypocrisy

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, — read the full passage →

Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. — read the full passage →

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehennaas yourselves.

For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringesof their garments,

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. — read the full passage →

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts; — read the full passage →

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.

For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

who say, Stand by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? — read the full passage →

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, To make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,

“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.

So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,

Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. — read the full passage →

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. — read the full passage →

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us.”

In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? — read the full passage →

All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies. — read the full passage →

You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, — read the full passage →

For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?

Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens. — read the full passage →

Don’t trust in lying words, saying, ‛Yahweh’s temple, Yahweh’s temple, Yahweh’s temple, are these.’

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act. — read the full passage →

But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’ — read the full passage →

Behold, you trust in lying words, that can’t profit. — read the full passage →

“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says Yahweh. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats. — read the full passage →

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. — read the full passage →