Colossians 2:22
Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
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- Isa 29:13 : 13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
- Titus 1:14 : 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
- 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
- Mark 7:7-9 : 7 ‹Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching› [for] ‹doctrines the commandments of men.› 8 ‹For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men,› [as] ‹the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.› 9 And he said unto them, ‹Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.› 10 ‹For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:› 11 ‹But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother,› [It is] ‹Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;› [he shall be free]. 12 ‹And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;› 13 ‹Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.›
- Matt 15:3-9 : 3 But he answered and said unto them, ‹Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?› 4 ‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.› 5 ‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;› 6 ‹And honour not his father or his mother,› [he shall be free]. ‹Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.› 7 [Ye] ‹hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,› 8 ‹This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with› [their] ‹lips; but their heart is far from me.› 9 ‹But in vain they do worship me, teaching› [for] ‹doctrines the commandments of men.›
- Mark 7:18-19 : 18 And he saith unto them, ‹Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,› [it] ‹cannot defile him;› 19 ‹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?›
- John 6:27 : 27 ‹Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.›
- Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
- Dan 11:37 : 37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
- Rev 17:18 : 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
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