Bible Verses About Hypocrisy
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for hypocrisy, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 26,504 votes, led by 1 John 4:20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Hypocrisy
1 John 4:201,073 votes
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
Matthew 7:51,030 votes
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
Matthew 6:11,004 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
James 1:26976 votes
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Matthew 7:1-5779 votes
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Matthew 15:7-9684 votes
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Romans 2:3569 votes
And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
1 John 2:9549 votes
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Luke 12:2530 votes
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
Titus 1:16471 votes
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
2 Timothy 3:5461 votes
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Matthew 6:5441 votes
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 7:15425 votes
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
1 John 2:4425 votes
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
James 2:14-26419 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Matthew 6:2385 votes
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 7:21-23372 votes
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 23:23337 votes
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Romans 2:1-5316 votes
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Matthew 6:16286 votes
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 23:27285 votes
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
Romans 2:1280 votes
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
1 Peter 2:1276 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Mark 7:6272 votes
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
1 Peter 2:16263 votes
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
What does the Bible say about hypocrisy?
Readers most often cite 1 John 4:20 on the subject of hypocrisy. Across 26,504 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 7:5, Matthew 6:1, James 1:26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.