Cross references

Isaiah 29:13

Therefore the Lord said:

“These people draw near to Me with their mouths

and honor Me with their lips,

but their hearts are far from Me.

Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

Isaiah 29:13 BSB
  1. a Hebrew; LXX They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men. Cited in Matthew 15:8–9 and Mark 7:6–7

Isaiah 29:13 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 12:2 (33 votes) and Ezekiel 33:31–33 (33 votes). 54 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from 1 Samuel 2 to James 4.

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Which verses does Isaiah 29:13 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.

  2. So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice. …

  3. and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed. Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially. …

  4. “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.” Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? …

  5. Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.

  6. For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.” “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.

  7. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

  8. Jeremiah 5:210 votes

    Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”

  9. “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness— who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.

  10. Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes. Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.” …

  11. Psalm 17:15 votes
  12. I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

Which verses point to Isaiah 29:13?

The 10 strongest of 54.