Matthew 7:23

World English Bible (2000)

Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 6:8 : 8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
  • Luke 13:27 : 27 He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'
  • John 10:14 : 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;
  • Luke 13:25 : 25 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
  • Matt 25:12 : 12 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'
  • Ps 5:5 : 5 The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
  • John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one."
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 87%

    24 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

    25 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

    26 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

    27 He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'

    28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.

  • Matt 7:19-22
    4 verses
    82%

    19 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.

    20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

    21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

    22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'

  • 77%

    12 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'

    13 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

  • 24 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

  • 73%

    8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.

  • Luke 6:46-47
    2 verses
    72%

    46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?

    47 Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.

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    44 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'

    45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'

    46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

  • 41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

  • 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

  • 30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

  • 12 I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.

  • 16 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

  • 13 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

  • 115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

  • 22 "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.

  • 33 But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

  • Matt 7:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

    16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

  • 13 Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

  • 47 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

  • 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."

  • 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • 7 The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

  • 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

  • 50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

  • 55 You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

  • 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,

  • 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

  • 12 but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

  • 4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

  • 28 Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

  • 13 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'

  • 42 But I know you, that you don't have God's love in yourselves.

  • 51 and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

  • 21 Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."

  • 1 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.

  • 4 One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.

  • 23 They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

  • 3 All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.