Isaiah 29:13 Cross References - NSB

13 »These people praise me with their words,« said Jehovah, »but they never draw near to me in their hearts (deepest thoughts). Their reverence for me comes from the repetitious tradition of men.

2 Chronicles 29:1-31

1 Hezekiah began to rule as king when he was twenty-five years old. He ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah. 2 He did right in the eyes of Jehovah, as his ancestor David had done. 3 In the first month of his first year as king, he opened the doors of Jehovah’s temple and repaired them. 4 He assembled the priests and Levites in the square on the east side of the temple. 5 He said: »Listen to me, Levites. Perform the ceremonies to make the temple of Jehovah the God of your ancestors holy. Remove anything that has been corrupted from the holy place. 6 »Our ancestors were unfaithful and did what Jehovah our God considered evil. They deserted him. They turned away from Jehovah’s tent and turned their backs on him. 7 »They also shut the doors of the temple’s entrance hall. They extinguished the lamps, and did not burn incense or sacrifice burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. 8 »Jehovah was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. He made them something that shocks and terrifies people and that people ridicule, as you can see with your own eyes. 9 »Our fathers were killed in battle. Our sons, daughters, and wives are prisoners because of this. 10 »Now I intend to make a pledge to Jehovah the God of Israel so that he may turn his burning anger away from us. 11 »Do not be negligent, my sons. Jehovah has chosen you to stand in front of him, serve him, be his servants, and burn sacrifices.« 12 So the Levites started to work. From Kohath’s descendants were Mahath, son of Amasai, and Joel, son of Azariah. From Merari’s descendants were Kish, son of Abdi, and Azariah, son of Jehallelel. From Gershon’s descendants were Joah, son of Zimmah, and Eden, son of Joah. 13 From Elizaphan’s descendants were Shimri and Jeiel. From Asaph’s descendants were Zechariah and Mattaniah. 14 From Heman’s descendants were Jehiel and Shimei. From Jeduthun’s descendants were Shemaiah and Uzziel. 15 These men gathered their relatives and performed the ceremonies to make themselves holy. They obeyed the king’s order from Jehovah’s word and entered the Temple to make it clean. 16 The priests entered Jehovah’s temple to make it clean. They carried into the courtyard every unclean thing that they found in Jehovah’s Temple. Then the Levites took the unclean items outside the city to the Kidron Brook. 17 They started on the first day of the first month. On the eighth day they went into Jehovah’s entrance hall. For eight days they performed the ceremonies to make Jehovah’s Temple holy. They finished on the sixteenth day of the first month. 18 Then they went to King Hezekiah. They said: »We have made Jehovah’s entire temple clean. This includes the altar for burnt offerings, all its utensils, the table for the rows of bread and all its utensils, 19 and all the utensils King Ahaz refused to use during his reign when he was unfaithful. We have restored them and made them holy. They are in front of Jehovah’s altar.« 20 Early in the morning Hezekiah assembled the leaders of the city and went to Jehovah’s Temple. 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as an offering for sin for the kingdom, the holy place, and Judah. Hezekiah told the priests, Aaron’s descendants, to sacrifice the animals on Jehovah’s altar. 22 So they slaughtered the bulls. The priests sprinkled the blood on the altar. Then they slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. After that, they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar. 23 Then they brought the male goats for the offering for sin in front of the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them. 24 The priests killed the goats and poured their blood on the altar as a sacrifice to take away the sin of all the people. The king commanded that burnt offerings and sin offerings be made for all Israel. 25 The king followed the instructions Jehovah gave to King David through Gad, the king’s prophet, and through the prophet Nathan. He stationed Levites in the Temple, with harps and cymbals, 26 and instruments like those that King David used. The priests also stood there with trumpets. 27 Hezekiah gave the order for the burnt offering to be presented. The offering began and the people sang praise to Jehovah. The musicians began to play the trumpets and all the other instruments. 28 Everyone there joined in worship. The singing and the rest of the music continued until all the sacrifices were burned. 29 King Hezekiah and all the people knelt down and worshiped God. 30 The king and the leaders of the nation told the Levites to sing to Jehovah the songs of praise that were written by David and by Asaph the prophet. So everyone sang with great joy as they knelt and worshiped God. 31 Hezekiah said to the people: »Now that you are ritually clean, bring sacrifices as offerings of thanksgiving to Jehovah.« They obeyed, and some of them also voluntarily brought animals to be sacrificed as burnt offerings.

Psalms 17:1

1 ([Psalm of David]) Hear my plea for justice, O Jehovah. Pay attention to my cry. Open your ears to my prayer, spoken without deceit.

Proverbs 30:6

6 Do not add to his words of he will reprove you. You will be found to be a liar.

Isaiah 10:6

6 »I send him against a godless nation. I commission him against the people of my fury to capture booty and to seize plunder, and to trample them down like mud (clay) in the streets.

Isaiah 48:1-2

1 Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah. You swear by the name of Jehovah and claim to worship the God of Israel. However you do not mean a word you say. 2 Yet you are proud to say that you are citizens of the holy city and that you depend on Israel's God, whose name is Jehovah of Hosts.

Isaiah 58:2-3

2 »They seek me day by day. They delight to know my ways like a nation that has done righteousness and has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask me for justice and delight. They are pleased that God is near. 3 »‘Why have we fasted and you do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and you do not notice? Behold, on the day of your fast you find desire, and mistreat all your workers.’

Jeremiah 3:10

10 »Even after all this, Israel's treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart. She was deceitful,« says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 5:2

2 Even though you claim to worship Jehovah, you do not mean what you say.

Jeremiah 12:2

2 You plant them, and they take root. They grow and bear fruit. You are near their lips, but far from their mind.

Jeremiah 42:2-4

2 They said to me: »Please do what we ask you! Pray to Jehovah our God for us. Pray for all of us who have survived. Once there were many of us. Now there are only a few of us left, as you can see. 3 »Pray that Jehovah our God will show us the way we should go and what we should do.« 4 I answered: »Very well, then. I will pray to Jehovah our God, just as you have asked. I will tell you what he says. I will not keep back anything from you.«

Jeremiah 42:20

20 »You are making a fatal mistake. You asked me to pray to Jehovah our God for you, and you promised that you would do everything that he commands.

Ezekiel 33:31-33

31 »Then they come to you, as if they are still my people, and they sit down in front of you. They listen to what you say, but they do not do it. They say that they love me, but in their hearts they chase dishonest profits. 32 »To them you are nothing more than a singer with a beautiful voice who sings love songs or a musician who plays an instrument. They listen to your words, but they do not do them. 33 »When all your words come true, and they certainly will come true, these people will know that a prophet has been among them.«

Matthew 15:2-9

2 They questioned him: »Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? They eat food with unwashed hands.« 3 His answer to them was in the form of a question: »Why do you go against the word of God in favor of your tradition? 4 »God said, ‘Honor your father and mother.’ ‘He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.’ 5 »You teach that a man should tell his father or mother that what he has that could help them, is given to God. 6 »You say there is no need for him to give honor to his father. You have invalidated the word of God because of your tradition! 7 »You hypocrites (liars)! Isaiah’s prophecy was right about you. 8 »‘These people honor me with their lips, but their heart (innermost thoughts) is far from me. 9 »‘But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules (commands) of men.’«

Mark 7:2-13

2 They saw that some of his disciples ate their bread with unwashed defiled hands. 3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat until they wash their hands. They practice the tradition of the elders.) 4 When they come from the marketplace they wash themselves before they eat. They follow many other rules. They wash their cups, and brass pots, and other vessels. 5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked: »Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders. Instead they eat their bread with defiled hands?« 6 He told them: »Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites. It is written: ‘This people honor me with their lips but their heart is far from me. 7 ‘They worship me in vain teaching as doctrines the commands of men.’« 8 Speaking to the Pharisees and scribes He said: »You abandon the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men. 9 »You totally reject the commandment of God that you may keep your tradition. 10 »Moses said: ‘Honor your father and your mother. He also said: ‘He that speaks evil of father or mother must die.’ 11 »But you say: ‘If a man says to his father or his mother that which would benefit you is a gift to God, 12 he no longer has to do anything for his father or mother.’ 13 »You make the word of God invalid by your tradition.«

Colossians 2:22

22 These are the precepts and doctrines of men.

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