Matthew 15:9

Human Traditions And God's Commandments

⁸ "This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. ⁹ But in vain they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." ¹⁰ And He called the crowd and said to them, Hear and understand.

Commandments of Men

It is I

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Isaiah 29:13

And Jehovah said, Because this people draw near Me with their mouth, and with their lips honor Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the command of men;

Titus 1:14

not giving heed to Jewish myths and commandments of men, turning away from the truth.

Exodus 20:7

You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. For Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.

Leviticus 26:16

I will also do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, consumption, and burning fever, consuming the eyes and causing sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Leviticus 26:20

And your strength shall be spent in vain. For your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the field yield their fruits.

Deuteronomy 12:32

All the things I command you, be careful to do it. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.

1 Samuel 25:21

And David had said, Surely in vain I have kept all that belongs to this fellow in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his. And he has requited me evil for good.

Psalm 39:6

Surely a man walks about like a shadow! Surely they are in an uproar in vain. He heaps up, and does not know who shall gather them.

Psalm 73:13

Surely I have made my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

Proverbs 30:5-6

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

Ecclesiastes 5:2-7

Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to say a word before God. For God is in Heaven, and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.

Isaiah 1:13-15

Bring no more vain sacrifice; incense is an abomination to Me; the new moon and sabbath, the going to meeting; I cannot endure evil and the assembly!

Isaiah 58:1-3

Cry aloud, do not spare, lift up your voice like a ram's horn, and show My people their rebellion, and the house of Jacob their sins.

Malachi 3:14

You have said, It is vain to serve God; and, What profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked as mourners before Jehovah of Hosts?

Mark 7:7

However, they worship Me in vain, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."

1 Corinthians 15:2

by which you also are being kept safe, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

Colossians 2:18-22

Let no one defraud you, delighting in humility and worship of the angels, intruding into things which he has not seen, without a cause being vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

1 Timothy 1:4

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies (which provide doubts rather than the nurture of God in faith).

1 Timothy 4:1-3

But the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

1 Timothy 4:6-7

Having suggested these things to the brothers, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the Words of Faith and by the good doctrine which you have followed.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried about with different and strange doctrines, for it is good for the heart to be established with grace, not with foods, in which those who have walked in them were not helped.

James 2:20

But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Revelation 22:18

For I testify together to everyone who hears the Words of the prophecy of this Book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add on him the plagues that have been written in this Book.