Bible verses about "hypocrisy" | CLV

¹⁵ Take heed of those false prophets who are coming to you in the apparel of sheep, yet inside they are rapacious wolves."

² Now nothing is covered up which shall not be revealed, and hidden which shall not be known,

⁹ He who is saying that he is in the light and is hating his brother is a liar and is in darkness hitherto.

⁵ having a form of devoutness, yet denying its power."

¹⁴ What is the benefit, my brethren, if anyone should be saying he has faith, yet may have no works? That faith can not save him." ¹⁵ If a brother or sister should be belonging to the naked, and lacking nourishment for the day, ¹⁶ yet someone from among you may be saying to them, "Go away in peace, be warmed and satisfied,yet you may not be giving them the requisites for the body, what is the benefit? ¹⁷ Thus, also, is faith, if it should not have works: it is dead by itself." ¹⁸ But someone will be declaring, "You have faith and I have works.Show me your faith apart from the works and I shall be showing you my faith by my works." ¹⁹ You are believing that God is one. Ideally are you doing. The demons also are believing and are shuddering. ²⁰ Now are you wanting to know, O empty man, that faith apart from works is dead? ²¹ Abraham, our father, was he not justified by works when offering up his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You are observing that faith worked together with his works, and by works was faith perfected." ²³ And fulfilled was the scripture which is saying, Now "Abraham believes God, and it is reckoned to him for righteousness,and he was called "the friend of God." ²⁴ You see that by works a man is being justified, and not by faith only." ²⁵ Now likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when entertaining the messengers and ejecting them by a different way? ²⁶ For even as the body apart from spirit is dead, thus also faith apart from works is dead."

⁴ He who is saying that "I know Himand is not keeping His precepts, is a liar, and the truth of God is not in this one."

¹⁶ They are avowing an acquaintance with God, yet by their acts are denying it, being abominable and stubborn, and disqualified for every good act."

⁷ Hypocrites! Ideally Isaiah prophesies concerning you, saying, ⁸ This people with their lips is honoring Me, Yet their heart is away at a distance from Me." ⁹ Yet in vain are they revering Me, Teaching for teachings the directions of men."

³ Yet are you reckoning on this, O man, who art judging those committing such things, and art doing the same, that you will be escaping the judgment of God?

¹ Do not judge, lest you may be judged, ² for with what judgment you are judging, shall you be judged, and with what measure you are measuring, shall it be measured to you." ³ Now why are you observing the mote that is in your brother's eye, yet the beam in your eye you are not considering? ⁴ Or how will you be declaring to your brother, 'Brother, let me extract the mote out of your eye,' and lo! the beam is in your eye? ⁵ Hypocrite! Extract first the beam out of your eye, and then you will be keen-sighted to be extracting the mote out of your brother's eye."

⁵ Hypocrite! Extract first the beam out of your eye, and then you will be keen-sighted to be extracting the mote out of your brother's eye."

¹ Yet take heed not to be doing your righteousness in front of men, in order to be gazed at by them, otherwise surely you have no wages with your Father Who is in the heavens."

²⁶ If anyone is seeming to be a ritualist, not bridling his tongue, but seducing his heart, the ritual of this one is vain,

²⁰ If anyone should be saying that "I am loving God,and should be hating his brother, he is a liar; for he who is not loving his brother whom he has seen can not be loving God Whom he has not seen."