Bible verses about "hypocrisy" | WPNT

¹⁵ “Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

² There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

⁹ He who claims to be in the Light while hating his brother is in the darkness until now.

⁵ wearing a form of godliness while having denied its power! You must avoid such people;

¹⁴ What is the advantage, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? That faith can’t save him, can it? ¹⁵ If a brother or sister is actually naked, and is destitute of the daily food, ¹⁶ and someone among you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you (pl) do not give them the things needed for the body, what is the benefit? ¹⁷ Thus also that faith, if it does not have works, is dead, being by itself. ¹⁸ (But someone will say: “You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith by your works and I, by my works will show you my faith [what he believes].” ¹⁹ You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder!) ²⁰ But you need to know, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is dead! ²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? ²² You can see that faith was acting together with his works, and the faith was made complete by the works. ²³ And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “So Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called ‘friend of God’. ²⁴ You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. ²⁵ Similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different way? ²⁶ For just as the body without spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

⁴ He who says, “I have come to know Him”, yet doesn’t keep His commandments, is a liar and the Truth is not in him.

¹⁶ They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him, being detestable, disobedient and disqualified for any good work.

⁷ Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you saying: ⁸ ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me. ⁹ But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men’.”

³ So then, you who judge those who practice such things while doing the same, do you really imagine that you will escape God’s judgment?

¹ “Do not judge, so that you be not judged. ² Because with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. ³ So why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but do not consider the plank in your own eye? ⁴ Or how will you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’, when hey, there’s a plank in yours? ⁵ Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

⁵ Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

¹ “Be careful not to do your charitable giving before the people so as to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in the heavens.

²⁶ If anyone among you thinks he is religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, his religion is useless.

²⁰ If anyone says, “I love God”, while hating his brother, he is a liar. Well, how can he love God whom he hasn’t seen, while not loving his brother whom he has seen?