Matthew 15:9 Cross References

Matthew 15:9

9: Their worship is a farce, for they replace God's commands with their own man-made teachings.'"

Isaiah 29:13

  1. And so the Lord says, "These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. And their worship of me amounts to nothing more than human laws learned by rote.

Mark 7:7

  1. 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. Their worship is a farce, for they replace God's commands with their own man-made teachings.'

1 Timothy 1:4

  1. Don't let people waste time in endless speculation over myths and spiritual pedigrees. For these things only cause arguments; they don't help people live a life of faith in God.

Titus 1:14

  1. They must stop listening to Jewish myths and the commands of people who have turned their backs on the truth.

Colossians 2:18

  1. Don't let anyone condemn you by insisting on self-denial. And don't let anyone say you must worship angels, even though they say they have had visions about this. These people claim to be so humble, but their sinful minds have made them proud.
  2. But they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For we are joined together in his body by his strong sinews, and we grow only as we get our nourishment and strength from God.
  3. You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the evil powers of this world. So why do you keep on following rules of the world, such as,
  4. "Don't handle, don't eat, don't touch."
  5. Such rules are mere human teaching about things that are gone as soon as we use them.

1 Timothy 4:6

  1. If you explain this to the brothers and sisters, you will be doing your duty as a worthy servant of Christ Jesus, one who is fed by the message of faith and the true teaching you have followed.
  2. Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives' tales. Spend your time and energy in training yourself for spiritual fitness.

Hebrews 13:9

  1. So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your spiritual strength comes from God's special favor, not from ceremonial rules about food, which don't help those who follow them.

James 2:20

  1. Fool! When will you ever learn that faith that does not result in good deeds is useless?

Isaiah 58:1

  1. "Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast. Tell my people Israel of their sins!
  2. Yet they act so pious! They come to the Temple every day and seem delighted to hear my laws. You would almost think this was a righteous nation that would never abandon its God. They love to make a show of coming to me and asking me to take action on their behalf.
  3. `We have fasted before you!' they say. `Why aren't you impressed? We have done much penance, and you don't even notice it!'"I will tell you why! It's because you are living for yourselves even while you are fasting. You keep right on oppressing your workers.

Deuteronomy 12:32

  1. Carefully obey all the commands I give you. Do not add to them or subtract from them.

1 Samuel 25:21

  1. David had just been saying, "A lot of good it did to help this fellow. We protected his flocks in the wilderness, and nothing he owned was lost or stolen. But he has repaid me evil for good.

Exodus 20:7

  1. "Do not misuse the name of the LORD your God. The LORD will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

  1. And don't make rash promises to God, for he is in heaven, and you are only here on earth. So let your words be few.
  2. Just as being too busy gives you nightmares, being a fool makes you a blabbermouth.
  3. So when you make a promise to God, don't delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him.
  4. It is better to say nothing than to promise something that you don't follow through on.
  5. In such cases, your mouth is making you sin. And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.

Isaiah 1:13

  1. The incense you bring me is a stench in my nostrils! Your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath day, and your special days for fasting--even your most pious meetings--are all sinful and false. I want nothing more to do with them.
  2. I hate all your festivals and sacrifices. I cannot stand the sight of them!
  3. From now on, when you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen. For your hands are covered with the blood of your innocent victims.

Leviticus 26:20

  1. All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.

Psalms 73:13

  1. Was it for nothing that I kept my heart pure and kept myself from doing wrong?

Leviticus 26:16

  1. I will punish you. You will suffer from sudden terrors, with wasting diseases, and with burning fevers, causing your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them.

Proverbs 30:5

  1. Every word of God proves true. He defends all who come to him for protection.
  2. Do not add to his words, or he may rebuke you, and you will be found a liar.

Psalms 39:6

  1. We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.

1 Timothy 4:1

  1. Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from what we believe; they will follow lying spirits and teachings that come from demons.
  2. These teachers are hypocrites and liars. They pretend to be religious, but their consciences are dead.
  3. They will say it is wrong to be married and wrong to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten with thanksgiving by people who know and believe the truth.

Malachi 3:14

  1. "You have said, `What's the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying his commands or by trying to show the LORD Almighty that we are sorry for our sins?

Revelation 22:18

  1. And I solemnly declare to everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: If anyone adds anything to what is written here, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book.

1 Corinthians 15:2

  1. And it is this Good News that saves you if you firmly believe it--unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.
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