Matthew 15:9
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- Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13
Isaiah 29:13
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13 The Lord says:
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- Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules
Mark 7:7
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- Mark 7:7 Isaiah 29:13
1 Timothy 1:4
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4 or to devote themselves to myths(A) and endless genealogies.(B) Such things promote controversial speculations(C) rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith.
Titus 1:14
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14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths(A) or to the merely human commands(B) of those who reject the truth.(C)
Colossians 2:18-22
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18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility(A) and the worship of angels disqualify you.(B) Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. 19 They have lost connection with the head,(C) from whom the whole body,(D) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(E)
20 Since you died with Christ(F) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(G) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(H) 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish(I) with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.(J)
1 Timothy 4:6-7
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6 If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters,[a] you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith(A) and of the good teaching that you have followed.(B) 7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales;(C) rather, train yourself to be godly.(D)
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- 1 Timothy 4:6 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
Hebrews 13:9
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9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(A) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(B) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(C) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(D)
James 2:20
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- James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead
Isaiah 58:1-3
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True Fasting
58 “Shout it aloud,(A) do not hold back.
Raise your voice like a trumpet.(B)
Declare to my people their rebellion(C)
and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.(D)
2 For day after day they seek(E) me out;
they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
and has not forsaken(F) the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
and seem eager for God to come near(G) them.
3 ‘Why have we fasted,’(H) they say,
‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled(I) ourselves,
and you have not noticed?’(J)
“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please(K)
and exploit all your workers.
1 Samuel 25:21
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21 David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing.(A) He has paid(B) me back evil(C) for good.
Deuteronomy 12:32
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- Deuteronomy 12:32 In Hebrew texts this verse (12:32) is numbered 13:1.
Exodus 20:7
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7 “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(A)
Isaiah 1:13-15
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13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(A)
Your incense(B) is detestable(C) to me.
New Moons,(D) Sabbaths and convocations(E)—
I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon(F) feasts and your appointed festivals(G)
I hate with all my being.(H)
They have become a burden to me;(I)
I am weary(J) of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands(K) in prayer,
I hide(L) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
I am not listening.(M)
Ecclesiastes 5:2-7
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2 Do not be quick with your mouth,
do not be hasty in your heart
to utter anything before God.(A)
God is in heaven
and you are on earth,
so let your words be few.(B)
3 A dream(C) comes when there are many cares,
and many words mark the speech of a fool.(D)
4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it.(E) He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.(F) 5 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.(G) 6 Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? 7 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.(H)
Proverbs 30:5-6
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Psalm 73:13
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Psalm 39:6
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Leviticus 26:20
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20 Your strength will be spent in vain,(A) because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.(B)
Leviticus 26:16
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16 then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever(A) that will destroy your sight and sap your strength.(B) You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.(C)
Revelation 22:18
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18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll:(A) If anyone adds anything to them,(B) God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.(C)
1 Timothy 4:1-3
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4 The Spirit(A) clearly says that in later times(B) some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits(C) and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.(D) 3 They forbid people to marry(E) and order them to abstain from certain foods,(F) which God created(G) to be received with thanksgiving(H) by those who believe and who know the truth.
Malachi 3:14
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14 “You have said, ‘It is futile(A) to serve(B) God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements(C) and going about like mourners(D) before the Lord Almighty?
1 Corinthians 15:2
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2 By this gospel you are saved,(A) if you hold firmly(B) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
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