Verse 28

so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 23:5 : 5 `And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, `is' abomination before God;
  • Heb 4:12-13 : 12 for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart; 13 and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things `are' naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.
  • Mark 7:21-23 : 21 for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, 22 thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness; 23 all these evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.'
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for `it is' not as man seeth -- for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'
  • Ps 51:6 : 6 Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.
  • Jer 17:9-9 : 9 Crooked `is' the heart above all things, And it `is' incurable -- who doth know it? 10 I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak. 35 The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.
  • Matt 15:19-20 : 19 for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings: 20 these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'