1 Therefore let us cleave unto them that practice peace with godliness, and not unto them that desire peace with dissimulation. (1CL) 2 For He saith in a certain place This people honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me, (1CL) 3 and again, they blessed with their mouth, but they cursed with their heart. (1CL) 4 And again He saith, They loved Him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied unto Him; and their heart was not upright with Him, neither were they steadfast in His covenant. (1CL) 5 For this cause let the deceitful lips be made dumb which speak iniquity against the righteous. And again May the Lord utterly destroy all the deceitful lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things, even them that say, Let us magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is lord over us? (1CL) 6 For the misery of the needy and for the groaning of the poor I will now arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety; I will deal boldly by him. (1CL)
1 Clement 15:1–6
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1 Clement 35:6–8
6 For they that do these things are hateful to God; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent unto them. (1CL) 7 For the scripture saith, But unto the sinner said God, Wherefore dost thou declare Mine ordinances, and takest My covenant upon thy lips? (1CL) 8 Yet… (1CL)
2 Clement 3:4–5
4 But wherein do we confess Him? When we do that which He saith and are not disobedient unto His commandments, and not only honor Him with our lips, but with our whole heart and with our whole mind . (2CL) 5 Now He saith also in Isaiah, This people honoreth me with thei… (2CL)
Matthew 15:7–9
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Psalms 50:15–17
15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.” 16 To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? 17 For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
Psalms 78:35–37
35 And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. 36 But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues. 37 Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
Book of Enoch 5:3–5
3 And behold how the sea and the rivers in like manner accomplish and ⌈change not⌉ their tasks ⌈from His commandments⌉. (ENO) 4 But ye—ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments of the Lord, But ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard words With your im… (ENO)
Isaiah 29:12–14
12 Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.” 13 Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by… 14 …
Psalms 59:11–13
11 Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. 12 By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter. 13 Consume them in wrat…
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