Matthew 23:23
“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.
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Matthew 23:23
“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.
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Matthew 23:24
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Luke 11:42
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
Matthew 23:16
“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
Matthew 23:17
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Matthew 23:19
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Matthew 15:14
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Matthew 23:14
“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.
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
Hosea 8:12
I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.
Hosea 9:7
The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, and the man who is inspired to be insane, because of the abundance of your sins, and because your hostility is great.
Matthew 6:2
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.
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Matthew 23:25
“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.
Matthew 23:26
You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
Matthew 23:18
And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?’
Matthew 23:20
He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
Matthew 23:21
He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
Matthew 23:22
He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
Matthew 23:29
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
Luke 6:39
He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?
Luke 6:40
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
1 Timothy 6:4
he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,
Matthew 6:5
“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.
Matthew 23:4
For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
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Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’
Nehemiah 10:38
The priest, the descendent of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites take tithes. The Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the rooms, into the treasure house.
Nehemiah 12:44
On that day, men were appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them according to the fields of the cities the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who served.
Nehemiah 13:12
Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries.
Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.
Numbers 18:24
For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’ ”
Malachi 3:8
Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
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Matthew 23:27
“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.
Matthew 23:28
Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Isaiah 9:16
For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
Matthew 23:30
and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
Matthew 23:31
Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
Matthew 23:33
You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
Jeremiah 8:8
“ ‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us?” But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?
Malachi 2:8
But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
Luke 16:15
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.
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Leviticus 27:30
“ ‘All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh’s. It is holy to Yahweh.
Leviticus 27:31
If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.
Leviticus 27:32
All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh.
Leviticus 27:33
He shall not examine whether it is good or bad, neither shall he exchange it. If he exchanges it at all, then both it and that for which it is exchanged shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.’ ”
Numbers 18:21
“To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.
Deuteronomy 12:6
You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there.
Deuteronomy 14:28
At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.
Deuteronomy 26:12
When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be filled.
2 Chronicles 31:5
As soon as the commandment went out, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the increase of the field; and they brought in the tithe of all things abundantly.
Genesis 14:20
Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all.
Genesis 28:22
then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”
Deuteronomy 14:22
You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year.
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Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Matthew 9:13
But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Matthew 12:7
But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless.
1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
Isaiah 1:13
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me. New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I can’t stand evil assemblies.
Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Hosea 12:6
Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
Psalms 101:1
I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
Isaiah 1:11
“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.
Micah 6:6
How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
Zechariah 7:9
“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
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Matthew 23:15
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 a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
Matthew 23:13
“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.
Amos 6:1
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
Romans 1:28
Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
Romans 2:19
and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
Galatians 6:13
For even they who receive circumcision don’t keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.
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Matthew 5:19
Therefore, whoever shall break one of these least commandments and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 22:36
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
Matthew 22:37
Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:38
This is the first and great commandment.
Matthew 22:39
A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:40
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
Mark 12:29
Jesus answered, “The greatest is: ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Mark 12:32
The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he;
Mark 12:33
and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Deuteronomy 10:12
Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Matthew 19:18
He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “ ‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’
James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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Matthew 15:6
he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
Matthew 15:7
You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Matthew 15:8
‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Matthew 15:9
And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’ ”
Isaiah 29:13
The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
Colossians 2:20
If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
Isaiah 58:2
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.
Matthew 15:2
“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
Matthew 15:3
He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
Ecclesiastes 7:16
Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
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Matthew 25:45
“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’
Luke 12:47
That servant who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
James 4:17
To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.
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Matthew 7:3
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?
Matthew 7:4
Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
Matthew 7:5
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.
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Isaiah 28:25
When he has leveled its surface, doesn’t he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?
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Hosea 4:1
Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel, for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Hosea 4:2
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
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Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
Matthew 5:18
For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
Matthew 7:12
Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
Mark 12:28
One of the scribes came and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”
Ephesians 5:2
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
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Matthew 15:5
But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”
2 Timothy 3:5
holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
Matthew 12:2
But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”
Mark 2:24
The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”
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Galatians 4:10
You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
Galatians 4:11
I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
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Deuteronomy 4:2
You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.
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Deuteronomy 12:32
Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
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Deuteronomy 32:20
He said, “I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end will be; for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.
2 Thessalonians 3:2
and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.
Titus 2:10
not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.
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