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Jeremiah 4:2
Then when you swear by my name, saying,‘ As surely as the Lord lives,’ you could do so with truth, justice, and righteousness. Then you would be a blessing to the nations of the world, and all people would come and praise my name.”
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Psalms 68:26
Praise God, all you people of Israel; praise the Lord, the source of Israel’s life.
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Numbers 24:7
Water will flow from their buckets; their offspring have all they need. Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted.
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Jeremiah 5:2
But even when they are under oath, saying,‘ As surely as the Lord lives,’ they are still telling lies!”
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Deuteronomy 6:13
You must fear the Lord your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.
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Isaiah 45:23
I have sworn by my own name; I have spoken the truth, and I will never go back on my word: Every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.”
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Matthew 15:8-9
‘ These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.Their worship is a farce, for they teach man made ideas as commands from God.’”
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Jeremiah 7:9-10
Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours,and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant,“ We are safe!”— only to go right back to all those evils again?
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Isaiah 65:16
All who invoke a blessing or take an oath will do so by the God of truth. For I will put aside my anger and forget the evil of earlier days.
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Deuteronomy 33:28
So Israel will live in safety, prosperous Jacob in security, in a land of grain and new wine, while the heavens drop down dew.
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Proverbs 5:16
Why spill the water of your springs in the streets, having sex with just anyone?
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2 Kings 17 34
And this is still going on today. They continue to follow their former practices instead of truly worshiping the Lord and obeying the decrees, regulations, instructions, and commands he gave the descendants of Jacob, whose name he changed to Israel.
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Isaiah 58:2
Yet they act so pious! They come to the Temple every day and seem delighted to learn all about me. They act like a righteous nation that would never abandon the laws of its God. They ask me to take action on their behalf, pretending they want to be near me.
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Romans 9:6
Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to Israel? No, for not all who are born into the nation of Israel are truly members of God’s people!
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Isaiah 1:10-14
Listen to the Lord, you leaders of“ Sodom.” Listen to the law of our God, people of“ Gomorrah.”“ What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?” says the Lord.“ I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened cattle. I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.When you come to worship me, who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me! As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting— they are all sinful and false. I want no more of your pious meetings.I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals. They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!
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Isaiah 26:13
O Lord our God, others have ruled us, but you alone are the one we worship.
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Romans 9:8
This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children.
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Revelation 3:9
Look, I will force those who belong to Satan’s synagogue— those liars who say they are Jews but are not— to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.
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Malachi 3:5
“ At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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John 4:24
For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”
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Deuteronomy 10:20
You must fear the Lord your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.
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Psalms 66:3
Say to God,“ How awesome are your deeds! Your enemies cringe before your mighty power.
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Psalms 50:16-20
But God says to the wicked:“ Why bother reciting my decrees and pretending to obey my covenant?For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash.When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers.Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies.You sit around and slander your brother— your own mother’s son.
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Isaiah 62:8
The Lord has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength:“ I will never again hand you over to your enemies. Never again will foreign warriors come and take away your grain and new wine.
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Leviticus 19:12
“ Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely. I am the Lord.
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2 Timothy 3 2-2 Timothy 3 5
For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self control. They will be cruel and hate what is good.They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!
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Romans 2:17
You who call yourselves Jews are relying on God’s law, and you boast about your special relationship with him.
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Romans 2:28-29
For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision.No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.
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Genesis 35:10
saying,“ Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. From now on your name will be Israel.” So God renamed him Israel.
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Deuteronomy 5:28
“ The Lord heard the request you made to me. And he said,‘ I have heard what the people said to you, and they are right.
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Exodus 23:13
“ Pay close attention to all my instructions. You must not call on the name of any other gods. Do not even speak their names.
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Zephaniah 1:5
For they go up to their roofs and bow down to the sun, moon, and stars. They claim to follow the Lord, but then they worship Molech, too.
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Psalms 63:11
But the king will rejoice in God. All who swear to tell the truth will praise him, while liars will be silenced.
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Matthew 23:13
“ What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.
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1 Timothy 4 2
These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences are dead.
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Isaiah 44:5
Some will proudly claim,‘ I belong to the Lord.’ Others will say,‘ I am a descendant of Jacob.’ Some will write the Lord’s name on their hands and will take the name of Israel as their own.”
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Revelation 2:9
“ I know about your suffering and your poverty— but you are rich! I know the blasphemy of those opposing you. They say they are Jews, but they are not, because their synagogue belongs to Satan.
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John 1:47
As they approached, Jesus said,“ Now here is a genuine son of Israel— a man of complete integrity.”
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Genesis 32:28
“ Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him.“ From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”