Isa 29:13, 58:2, Jer 23:35, 42:1-6, 20, Mat 15:8, 22:16-17 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord said : Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips , while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men ,

Isaiah 29:13

13 And the Lord said:
“Because ^athis people ^bdraw near with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

Isaiah 58:2

2 ^cYet they seek me daily
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.

Jeremiah 23:35

35 Thus shall you say, every one to his neighbor and every one to his brother, ‘What has the Lord answered?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’

Jeremiah 42:1-6

Warning Against Going to Egypt

1 Then ^dall the commanders of the forces, and ^eJohanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of ^fHoshaiah, and all the people ^gfrom the least to the greatest, came near 2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Let ^hour plea for mercy come before you, and ⁱpray to the Lord your God for us, for all ^jthis remnant— ^kbecause we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us— 3 that ^lthe Lord your God may show us the way we should go, and the thing that we should do.” 4 Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your request, and ^mwhatever the Lord answers you I will tell you. ⁿI will keep nothing back from you.” 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, ^o“May the Lord be a true and ^pfaithful witness against us ^qif we do not act according to all the word ^rwith which the Lord your God sends you to us. 6 Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, ^sthat it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”

Jeremiah 42:20

20 that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. ^tFor you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ^u‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and ^vwhatever the Lord our God says, declare to us and we will do it.’

Matthew 15:8

8 ^w“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;

Matthew 22:16-17

16 And they sent ^xtheir disciples to him, along with ^ythe Herodians, saying, “Teacher, ^zwe know that you are true and teach ^aathe way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for ^abyou are not swayed by appearances. ^{▼▼Greek for you do not look at people’s faces} 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay ^adtaxes to ^aeCaesar, or not?”