Matthew 15:9

Human Traditions And God's Commandments

⁸ These people honor Me with their lips,
but their heart is far from Me.
⁹ They worship Me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commands of men.” ¹⁰ Summoning the crowd, He told them, “Listen and understand:

Commandments of Men

It is I

No

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said:

Because these people approach Me with their mouths
to honor Me with lip-service—
yet their hearts are far from Me,
and their worship consists of man-made rules
learned by rote—

Titus 1:14

and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of men who reject the truth.

Exodus 20:7

Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this to you: I will bring terror on you—wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Leviticus 26:20

and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Deuteronomy 12:32

You must be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.

1 Samuel 25:21

David had just said, “I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good.

Psalm 39:6

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.

Psalm 73:13

Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?

Proverbs 30:5-6

Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

Ecclesiastes 5:2-7

Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

Isaiah 1:13-15

Stop bringing useless offerings.
Your incense is detestable to Me.
New Moons and Sabbaths,
and the calling of solemn assemblies—
I cannot stand iniquity with a festival.

Isaiah 58:1-3

“Cry out loudly, don’t hold back!
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Tell My people their transgression
and the house of Jacob their sins.

Malachi 3:14

You have said: “It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?

Mark 7:7

They worship Me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commands of men.

1 Corinthians 15:2

You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.

Colossians 2:18-22

Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his unspiritual mind.

1 Timothy 1:4

or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These promote empty speculations rather than God’s plan, which operates by faith.

1 Timothy 4:1-3

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

1 Timothy 4:6-7

If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the good teaching that you have followed.

Hebrews 13:9

Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by foods, since those involved in them have not benefited.

James 2:20

Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?

Revelation 22:18

I testify to everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book.