Bible Verses About Religious Hypocrites
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for religious hypocrites, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 35,599 votes, led by Matthew 7:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Religious Hypocrites
Matthew 7:5894 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 23:27780 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.
Matthew 6:1-34772 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.
Matthew 23:23717 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.
Matthew 6:1698 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.
Matthew 23:13621 votes
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Matthew 7:1-5617 votes
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Mark 7:6582 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 John 4:20567 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 23:27-28556 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.
Matthew 7:21-23549 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.
Titus 1:16545 votes
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Matthew 23:1-39540 votes
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
Romans 10:3534 votes
For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Matthew 15:7-9522 votes
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
2 Corinthians 11:14518 votes
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
James 1:26-27503 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 6:2498 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 23:5498 votes
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
Luke 12:2497 votes
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
James 2:14493 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Matthew 6:5485 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.
James 2:14-26478 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
1 John 3:10473 votes
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Matthew 6:16460 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.
What does the Bible say about religious hypocrites?
Readers most often cite Matthew 7:5 on the subject of religious hypocrites. Across 35,599 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 23:27, Matthew 6:1-34, Matthew 23:23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.