Bible verses about "hypocrisy" | Riverside

¹⁵ "Beware of false prophets, such as come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

² For nothing is covered up which will not be revealed, nor secret which will not be known.

⁹ He who says that he is in the light and hates his brother is in darkness still.

⁵ They will have a form of religion, but will cast off its power. Avoid such people.

¹⁴ Of what use is it, my brethren, for any one to say that he has faith, if he has not works? Can faith save him? ¹⁵ If a brother or sister is naked and lacks food for the day ¹⁶ and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and fed," but you do not give them what the body needs, what is the good of it? ¹⁷ Just so faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. ¹⁸ But some one will say, "You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith without your works and I will show you my faith by my works." ¹⁹ You have faith that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons have that faith, and they shudder. ²⁰ Are you willing to learn, O vacant-minded man, that faith without works is useless? ²¹ Was not Abraham, our father, pronounced righteous because of works when he laid Isaac his son on the altar? ²² You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was made perfect ²³ and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham had faith in God and it was credited to him for righteousness" and he was called "God's friend." ²⁴ You see that a man is pronounced righteous because of works and not because of faith alone. ²⁵ In the same way was not Rahab, the prostitute, pronounced righteous because of works when she had received the messengers and sent them out by a different road? ²⁶ For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.

⁴ He who says, "I know him," and does not keep his commands, is a liar and truth is not in him.

¹⁶ They profess to know God, but by their deeds they disown him. They are detestable, disobedient, and worthless for any good work.

⁷ You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you when he said, ⁸ 'This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. ⁹ In vain they worship me while they teach as precepts the commands of men.' "

³ Do you think, O man, you who judge those who practice such things while you do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

¹ "DO not judge, so that you may not be judged. ² For with whatever judgment you judge you will be judged, and with whatever measure you measure you will be measured. ³ Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, while you do not perceive the beam in your own eye? ⁴ Or how will you say to your brother, 'Let me get out the speck from your eye,' when there is a beam in your own eye? ⁵ You hypocrite, first get the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to get the speck out of your brother's eye.

⁵ You hypocrite, first get the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to get the speck out of your brother's eye.

¹ "BE careful not to do your religious actions before men in order to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

²⁶ If any one thinks himself religious while he does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, that man's religion is worthless.

²⁰ If any one says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.