Psalms 50:16

God challenges the wicked who recite His laws and claim His covenant while living in rebellion. Profession without obedience is hypocrisy.

Cross-references · 20

• Isa 29:13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
• Ps 78:36–38Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
• Ps 25:14The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
• Isa 55:6–7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Rom 2:17–24Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
• Isa 48:1–2Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
• Heb 8:9Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
• Prov 26:7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
• John 4:24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
• 2 Pet 2:15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
• Isa 1:11–15To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
• Isa 58:1–7Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• 1 Cor 9:27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
• Ezek 20:37–38And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
• Ezek 18:27Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
• Matt 7:22–23Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
• Matt 7:3–5And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
• Acts 19:13–16Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
• Jer 7:4–7Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
• Isa 48:22There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

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