Lords Teaching on Hypocrisy
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The document discusses teachings on hypocrisy from the Bible. It begins by quoting passages from the Gospels where Jesus rebukes religious leaders for their hypocrisy. It then examines the nature of hypocrisy as pretending to be virtuous while being inwardly wicked. Various causes are explored, including pride, superficiality, and a desire for external approval rather than internal righteousness. The effects of hypocrisy, like improper judging of others, are also considered.
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Lords Teaching on Hypocrisy
- 1. Our LordsOur Lords Teaching onTeaching on HypocrisyHypocrisy Mat 23:23 "Woe to you, scribes andMat 23:23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint andPharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected thedill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice andweightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are themercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done withoutthings you should have done without neglecting the others.neglecting the others. Mat 23:24 "You blind guides, who strain out aMat 23:24 "You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!gnat and swallow a camel! St. James Mtg 15St. James Mtg 15thth Feb 2015Feb 2015 Ehab RoufailEhab Roufail
- 2. Teaching on HypocrisyTeaching on Hypocrisy • What is hypocrisy?What is hypocrisy? • How does it display itself?How does it display itself? • How can it be overcome?How can it be overcome? • To please God, it must be overcomeTo please God, it must be overcome 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 2 • Introduction
- 3. Teaching on HypocrisyTeaching on Hypocrisy • HypocrisyHypocrisy is derived from the Greekis derived from the Greek wordword hypokrisishypokrisis, which meant, which meant playingplaying a parta part on the stage, oron the stage, or putting on aputting on a maskmask to misrepresent reality.to misrepresent reality. • In the ancient Greek theater, actorsIn the ancient Greek theater, actors were known aswere known as hypocriteshypocrites, without any, without any negative connotation.negative connotation. • In the real world however, being aIn the real world however, being a hypocrite, pretending to be somethinghypocrite, pretending to be something while actually being something else,while actually being something else, was and is definitely viewed as wrong.was and is definitely viewed as wrong. 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 3 • Introduction • Nature
- 4. Teaching on HypocrisyTeaching on Hypocrisy • A hypocrite is one who is one way onA hypocrite is one who is one way on the outside and another way on thethe outside and another way on the insideinside • In public, they appear very religiousIn public, they appear very religious but in private, at home, on the job, andbut in private, at home, on the job, and in their mind, they are filled within their mind, they are filled with wickednesswickedness • In other words, they are an actor, aIn other words, they are an actor, a pretenderpretender • Their main concern is what othersTheir main concern is what others think of them rather than what Godthink of them rather than what God thinksthinks15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 4 • Introduction • Nature
- 5. Teaching on HypocrisyTeaching on Hypocrisy • Lord Jesus had the most to say aboutLord Jesus had the most to say about hypocrisy and hypocrites.hypocrisy and hypocrites. • He didn't mince any words on theHe didn't mince any words on the subject, but directly confronted thesubject, but directly confronted the religious hypocrites of His day (thereligious hypocrites of His day (the scribes and Pharisees)scribes and Pharisees) • They hated Him intensely - eventuallyThey hated Him intensely - eventually having Him arrested on trumped uphaving Him arrested on trumped up charges. Here is a list of some of thecharges. Here is a list of some of the hypocrisy that Jesus spoke against:hypocrisy that Jesus spoke against: 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 5 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching
- 6. Teaching on HypocrisyTeaching on Hypocrisy • Giving to the poor to be recognized byGiving to the poor to be recognized by othersothers • Praying in public to be recognized asPraying in public to be recognized as "God's man“"God's man“ • Letting everybody know you are fastingLetting everybody know you are fasting to get recognition by othersto get recognition by others • Complaining about other's behavior whenComplaining about other's behavior when yours is even worse.yours is even worse. • Pretending to honor God through lipPretending to honor God through lip service onlyservice only • Testing other people to try to makeTesting other people to try to make yourself look superioryourself look superior 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 6 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching
- 7. Teaching on HypocrisyTeaching on Hypocrisy • Deceiving people from knowing GodDeceiving people from knowing God • Repressing the poor and widowsRepressing the poor and widows • Teaching proselytes to be hypocritesTeaching proselytes to be hypocrites • Tithing (giving to the church), but neglectingTithing (giving to the church), but neglecting justice and mercyjustice and mercy • Doing everything for show, while reallyDoing everything for show, while really being self-indulgent and unrighteousbeing self-indulgent and unrighteous • Treating stock animals better than fellowTreating stock animals better than fellow human beingshuman beings • Being able to analyze the weather, butBeing able to analyze the weather, but unable to distinguish between right andunable to distinguish between right and wrongwrong 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 7 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching
- 8. Teaching on HypocrisyTeaching on Hypocrisy • "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,'"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but hewill enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is inwho does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me onheaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy inthat day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast outYour name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform manydemons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'Imiracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOUnever knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.' " (WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.' " ( Matthew 7:21-23Matthew 7:21-23)) 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 8 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching
- 9. Causes of HypocrisyCauses of Hypocrisy • Pride – trying to live by a legalistic standardPride – trying to live by a legalistic standard lifts people uplifts people up • Deeper than pride – wanting others to beDeeper than pride – wanting others to be proud of you and accept youproud of you and accept you • The hypocrite wants to appear to othersThe hypocrite wants to appear to others outwardly as good without going to theoutwardly as good without going to the trouble and effort of being good from withintrouble and effort of being good from within 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 9 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes
- 10. Causes: SuperficialityCauses: Superficiality • Mat 5:20 "For I say to you thatMat 5:20 "For I say to you that unless your righteousnessunless your righteousness surpassessurpasses thatthat of the scribes andof the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter thePharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.kingdom of heaven. • Mat 5:21 "You have heard thatMat 5:21 "You have heard that the ancients were told, 'YOUthe ancients were told, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER'SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER' and 'Whoever commits murderand 'Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.'shall be liable to the court.' 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 10 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes
- 11. Causes: SuperficialityCauses: Superficiality • Mat 5:22 "But I say to you thatMat 5:22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with hiseveryone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before thebrother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to hiscourt; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,'brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supremeshall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'Youcourt; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guiltyfool,' shall be guilty enough to goenough to go into the fiery hell.into the fiery hell. 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 11 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes
- 12. Causes: SuperficialityCauses: Superficiality • Mat 5:23 "Therefore if you areMat 5:23 "Therefore if you are presenting your offering at thepresenting your offering at the altar, and there remember thataltar, and there remember that your brother has somethingyour brother has something against you,against you, • Mat 5:24 leave your offering thereMat 5:24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first bebefore the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, andreconciled to your brother, and then come and present yourthen come and present your offering.offering. 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 12 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes
- 13. Causes: SuperficialityCauses: Superficiality • Mat 5:27 "You have heard that itMat 5:27 "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOTwas said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY';COMMIT ADULTERY'; • Mat 5:28 but I say to you thatMat 5:28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a womaneveryone who looks at a woman with lust for her has alreadywith lust for her has already committed adultery with her in hiscommitted adultery with her in his heart.heart. 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 13 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes
- 14. Causes: SuperficialityCauses: Superficiality • Mat 6:1 "Beware of practicing yourMat 6:1 "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to berighteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you havenoticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is inno reward with your Father who is in heaven.heaven. • Mat 6:2 "So when you give to theMat 6:2 "So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet beforepoor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in theyou, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so thatsynagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly Ithey may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward insay to you, they have their reward in full.full. 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 14 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes
- 15. Causes: SuperficialityCauses: Superficiality • Mat 6:3 "But when you give to theMat 6:3 "But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand knowpoor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,what your right hand is doing, • Mat 6:4 so that your giving will be inMat 6:4 so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who seessecret; and your Father who sees what is donewhat is done in secret will reward you.in secret will reward you. 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 15 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes
- 16. Causes: SuperficialityCauses: Superficiality • Mat 6:5 "When you pray, you are not to beMat 6:5 "When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand andlike the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the streetpray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men.corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward inTruly I say to you, they have their reward in full.full. • Mat 6:6 "But you, when you pray, go intoMat 6:6 "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray toyour inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Fatheryour Father who is in secret, and your Father who seeswho sees what is donewhat is done in secret will rewardin secret will reward you.you. • Mat 6:7 "And when you are praying, do notMat 6:7 "And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentilesuse meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be hearddo, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.for their many words. 15th Feb 2015 Inner Man Series 16 • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes
- 17. 17 Effects: JugdingEffects: Jugding • Joh 8:1 But Jesus went to theJoh 8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.Mount of Olives. • Joh 8:2 Early in the morning HeJoh 8:2 Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and allcame again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; andthe people were coming to Him; and He sat down andHe sat down and beganbegan to teachto teach them.them. • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 18. 18 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • Joh 8:3 The scribes and theJoh 8:3 The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caughtPharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in thein adultery, and having set her in the centercenter of the court,of the court, • Joh 8:4 they *said to Him, "Teacher,Joh 8:4 they *said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught inthis woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.adultery, in the very act. • Joh 8:5 "Now in the Law MosesJoh 8:5 "Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone suchcommanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?"women; what then do You say?" • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 19. 19 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • Joh 8:6 They were saying this, testingJoh 8:6 They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have groundsHim, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stoopedfor accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on thedown and with His finger wrote on the ground.ground. • Joh 8:7 But when they persisted inJoh 8:7 But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, andasking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who is without sinsaid to them, "He who is without sin among you, let himamong you, let him be thebe the first tofirst to throw a stone at her."throw a stone at her." • Joh 8:8 Again He stooped down andJoh 8:8 Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.wrote on the ground. • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 20. 20 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • Joh 8:9 When they heard it, theyJoh 8:9 When they heard it, they beganbegan to go out one by one,to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, andbeginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman,He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the centerwhere she was, in the center of theof the court.court. • Joh 8:10 Straightening up, JesusJoh 8:10 Straightening up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where aresaid to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"they? Did no one condemn you?" • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 21. 21 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • Joh 8:11 She said, "No one, Lord."Joh 8:11 She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "I do not condemnAnd Jesus said, "I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin noyou, either. Go. From now on sin no more."]more."] • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 22. 22 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • Lev 20:10 'IfLev 20:10 'If there isthere is a man whoa man who commits adultery with another man'scommits adultery with another man's wife, one who commits adultery withwife, one who commits adultery with his friend's wife, the adulterer andhis friend's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put tothe adulteress shall surely be put to death.death. • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 23. 23 Effetcs: JudgingEffetcs: Judging • Deu 17:6 "On the evidence of twoDeu 17:6 "On the evidence of two witnesses or three witnesses, hewitnesses or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death;who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on thehe shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.evidence of one witness. • Deu 17:7 "The hand of theDeu 17:7 "The hand of the witnesses shall be first against himwitnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwardto put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So youthe hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.shall purge the evil from your midst. • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 24. 24 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • Live as wickedly as we canLive as wickedly as we can • Pretend we are perfect, without sinPretend we are perfect, without sin • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 25. 25 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • Rom 12:9Rom 12:9 LetLet lovelove bebe withoutwithout hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling tohypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.what is good. • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 26. 26 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • 1Jn 1:7 but if we walk in the Light1Jn 1:7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, weas He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another,have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Sonand the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.cleanses us from all sin. • 1Jn 1:8 If we say that we have no1Jn 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves andsin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.the truth is not in us. • 1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, He1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive usis faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from allour sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.unrighteousness. • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 27. 27 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • 1Cor. 6:2-3 Do you not know that1Cor. 6:2-3 Do you not know that the saints [the saved; Christians] willthe saints [the saved; Christians] will judge the world? And if you are tojudge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you notjudge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?competent to judge trivial cases? Do you not know that we will judgeDo you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the thingsangels? How much more the things of this life!of this life! • Prov. 3:21 My son, preserve soundProv. 3:21 My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do notjudgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight;let them out of your sight; • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 28. 28 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • John 7:24 Judge not according toJohn 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteousthe appearance, but judge righteous judgment.judgment. • Jer. 22:3 Thus saith the LORD;Jer. 22:3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment andExecute ye judgment and righteousness...righteousness... • Phil. 1:10 so that you may be ablePhil. 1:10 so that you may be able to discern [judge] what is best andto discern [judge] what is best and may be pure and blameless until themay be pure and blameless until the day of Christ...day of Christ... • Phil. 1:7 It is right for me to feel thisPhil. 1:7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you [judge you]...way about all of you [judge you]... • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 29. 29 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • John 7:24. There, JesusJohn 7:24. There, Jesus tellstells us tous to judge, but to do so righteously.judge, but to do so righteously. Righteously means to use the TruthRighteously means to use the Truth of the Word to discern sins andof the Word to discern sins and notnot by appearances only.by appearances only. • In 1Cor. 6:2-3 Jesus authorizes usIn 1Cor. 6:2-3 Jesus authorizes us to judge. Judge we must else weto judge. Judge we must else we could not discern good from bad,could not discern good from bad, proper from improper,proper from improper, righteousness from evil. But judgerighteousness from evil. But judge behavior,behavior, not the individual; thenot the individual; the deeddeed not the doer; thenot the doer; the choicechoice notnot the chooser.the chooser. • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 30. 30 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • Jesus wasJesus was notnot arguing with thearguing with the judgment. Nor was Jesus arguingjudgment. Nor was Jesus arguing the law nor the woman's guilt. Jesusthe law nor the woman's guilt. Jesus was arguing with our right towas arguing with our right to execute the woman.execute the woman. • Once all the men had dropped theirOnce all the men had dropped their stones Jesus confronted the womanstones Jesus confronted the woman and asked her if any of the menand asked her if any of the men were still there to condemn her.were still there to condemn her. • When she answered "No man,When she answered "No man, Lord", Jesus told her that neither didLord", Jesus told her that neither did He - He forgave her of her sin.He - He forgave her of her sin. • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
- 31. 31 Effects: JudgingEffects: Judging • He did not excuse the sin ofHe did not excuse the sin of adultery/prostitution, he forgave heradultery/prostitution, he forgave her of it. All behavior and thought that isof it. All behavior and thought that is sinful before forgiveness is stillsinful before forgiveness is still sinful after forgiveness.sinful after forgiveness. • Not only was Jesus not afraid to callNot only was Jesus not afraid to call a sin a sin, He was not afraid to calla sin a sin, He was not afraid to call a sinner a sinner.a sinner a sinner. • He even reminded her of the sin ofHe even reminded her of the sin of adultery/prostitution by telling heradultery/prostitution by telling her "Go and sin no more.""Go and sin no more." • Introduction • Nature • Teaching • Causes • Effects
Editor's Notes
- 1 John 4:20 ESV / 412 helpful votes If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. Matthew 7:5 ESV / 326 helpful votes You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. James 1:26 ESV / 316 helpful votes If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. Matthew 6:1 ESV / 275 helpful votes “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 7:1-5 ESV / 211 helpful votes “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Matthew 15:7-9 ESV / 203 helpful votes You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’” Romans 2:3 ESV / 187 helpful votes Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? 1 John 2:9 ESV / 152 helpful votes Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. James 2:14-26 ESV / 139 helpful votes What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ... 2 Timothy 3:5 ESV / 138 helpful votes Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. Luke 12:2 ESV / 130 helpful votes Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Matthew 7:15 ESV / 98 helpful votes “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. Titus 1:16 ESV / 96 helpful votes They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 94 helpful votes “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ 1 John 2:4 ESV / 91 helpful votes Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, Romans 2:1-5 ESV / 90 helpful votes Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. Romans 2:1 ESV / 72 helpful votes Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. Psalm 101:7 ESV / 66 helpful votes No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. Galatians 6:3 ESV / 65 helpful votes For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Proverbs 26:23-26 ESV / 60 helpful votes Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart. Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. 1 Peter 2:16 ESV / 59 helpful votes Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. 1 John 1:6 ESV / 52 helpful votes If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. Luke 16:15 ESV / 47 helpful votes And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. Matthew 6:5 ESV / 46 helpful votes “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Jude 1:16 ESV / 44 helpful votes These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. Psalm 55:21 ESV / 44 helpful votes His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. Matthew 6:24 ESV / 43 helpful votes “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. James 1:22-25 ESV / 42 helpful votes But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. Jeremiah 9:4 ESV / 41 helpful votes Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. Romans 16:18 ESV / 38 helpful votes For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. 1 Peter 2:1 ESV / 36 helpful votes So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Luke 6:46 ESV / 35 helpful votes “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Romans 2:17-29 ESV / 33 helpful votes But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law; and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? ... James 3:17 ESV / 32 helpful votes But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 2 Timothy 3:13 ESV / 30 helpful votes While evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. Psalm 5:9 ESV / 30 helpful votes For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue. Colossians 3:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Mark 7:6-8 ESV / 26 helpful votes And he said to 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; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” Zechariah 13:6 ESV / 26 helpful votes And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’ he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’ Proverbs 25:19 ESV / 26 helpful votes Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips. James 1:22-24 ESV / 25 helpful votes But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 1 John 1:10 ESV / 23 helpful votes If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Matthew 22:18 ESV / 23 helpful votes But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Proverbs 11:9 ESV / 23 helpful votes With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. James 4:8 ESV / 22 helpful votes Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. John 8:4-9 ESV / 22 helpful votes They said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. ... Matthew 6:2 ESV / 22 helpful votes “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Psalm 50:17 ESV / 22 helpful votes For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. Psalm 50:16 ESV / 22 helpful votes But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips? Romans 1:18 ESV / 21 helpful votes For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. Luke 20:46-47 ESV / 21 helpful votes “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” Proverbs 24:28 ESV / 20 helpful votes Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. Psalm 52:4 ESV / 20 helpful votes You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. Jeremiah 7:8-10 ESV / 19 helpful votes “Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? James 2:19 ESV / 18 helpful votes You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! Romans 3:23 ESV / 18 helpful votes For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, John 3:17 ESV / 18 helpful votes For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Luke 16:13 ESV / 18 helpful votes No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” Matthew 7:5-6 ESV / 18 helpful votes You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. 2 Peter 2:1-3 ESV / 17 helpful votes But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. Matthew 9:13 ESV / 17 helpful votes Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” Matthew 6:16 ESV / 17 helpful votes “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Isaiah 29:13 ESV / 17 helpful votes And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men, Revelation 3:15-18 ESV / 16 helpful votes “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Revelation 2:2 ESV / 16 helpful votes “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. 1 John 3:16-17 ESV / 16 helpful votes By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 16 helpful votes The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Proverbs 26:19 ESV / 16 helpful votes Is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!” Ezekiel 33:30-32 ESV / 15 helpful votes “As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’ And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it. Isaiah 61:8 ESV / 15 helpful votes For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Isaiah 58:2-5 ESV / 15 helpful votes Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God. ‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers. Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high. Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord? Proverbs 2:1-9:18 ESV / 15 helpful votes My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. ... Jude 1:11 ESV / 14 helpful votes Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion. Luke 11:39-52 ESV / 14 helpful votes And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? But give as alms those things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you. “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. ... Matthew 25:41-45 ESV / 14 helpful votes “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ Ezekiel 14:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, I the Lord will answer him myself. Romans 13:11-14 ESV / 13 helpful votes Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. Luke 13:14-17 ESV / 13 helpful votes But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him. Luke 12:54-56 ESV / 13 helpful votes He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time? Matthew 21:28-32 ESV / 13 helpful votes “What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind and went. And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him. Amos 5:21-27 ESV / 13 helpful votes “I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? ... Ezekiel 5:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity. Jeremiah 3:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes And the Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Isaiah 29:15 ESV / 13 helpful votes Ah, you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?” Revelation 2:9 ESV / 12 helpful votes “‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Micah 3:11 ESV / 11 helpful votes Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.” Isaiah 65:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes Who say, “Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.” These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day. Isaiah 1:11-15 ESV / 11 helpful votes “What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. “When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts? Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations— I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood. Proverbs 7:10-21 ESV / 11 helpful votes And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home; now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait. She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him, “I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows; ... Job 27:8-10 ESV / 11 helpful votes For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? Jude 1:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; James 1:25-27 ESV / 10 helpful votes But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. Matthew 15:1-9 ESV / 10 helpful votes Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” ... Isaiah 7:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” Psalm 55:12-14 ESV / 10 helpful votes For it is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him. But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. We used to take sweet counsel together; within God's house we walked in the throng. Hosea 8:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt. Jeremiah 12:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart. Jeremiah 3:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the Lord.” Isaiah 32:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink. Matthew 27:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.”