This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

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

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13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

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13 The Lord says:

“These people(A) come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,(B)
    but their hearts are far from me.(C)
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules

31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

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

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21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

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21 You have no part or share(A) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(B) before God.

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Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

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

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12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

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

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26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

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Saying 18

26 My son,(A) give me your heart
    and let your eyes delight in my ways,(B)

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10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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10 For,

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

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47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

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

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