He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhen he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Psalms
PoetryThus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHow doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
1 Kings
HistoryYea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Proverbs
WisdomThey shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahDo ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Matthew
GospelsNeither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
Acts
HistoryI have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Psalms
PoetryIf he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Job
WisdomThe gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesPass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahOn that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd ye are witnesses of these things.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesMoreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.