28 Thus you, also, outside, indeed, are appearing to men to be just, yet inside you are distended with hypocrisy and lawlessness."
Matthew 23:28 Cross References - CLV
1 Samuel 16:7
7 And Yahweh said unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for [it is] not as man sees--for man looks at the eyes, and Yahweh looks at the heart..
Psalms 51:6
6 Behold, You delight in truth even in the hidden parts, And in the secret parts You cause me to know wisdom."
Jeremiah 17:9-10
Matthew 12:34-35
Matthew 15:19-20
Matthew 23:5
5 Now all their works are they doing to be gazed at by men, for they are broadening their amulets and magnifying the tassels."
Mark 7:21-23
Luke 16:15
15 And He said to them, "You are those who are justifying yourselves in the sight of men, yet God knows your hearts, for what is high among men is an abomination in the sight of God."
Hebrews 4:12-13
12 For the word of God is living and operative, and keen above any two-edged sword, and penetrating up to the parting of soul and spirit, both of the articulations and marrow, and is a judge of the sentiments and thoughts of the heart."
13 And there is not a creature which is not apparent in its sight. Now all is naked and bare to the eyes of Him to Whom we are accountable.