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Matt. 15:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrinest the commandments of men.

Col. 2:22• ²²(which are all for destruction in the using), according to the injunctions and trainings of men; (Col. 2:22)

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Ex. 20:7• ⁷{i}Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.{/i} (Ex. 20:7)

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Lev. 26:16,20• ¹⁶I also will do this unto you: I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and fever, which shall cause the eyes to fail, and the soul to waste away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
²⁰and your strength shall be spent in vain; and your land shall not yield its produce, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit. (Lev. 26:16,20)

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1 Sam. 25:21• ²¹Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, {i}so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good{/i}. (1 Sam. 25:21)

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Psa. 39:6• ⁶Surely in an image doth man walk;{HR}Surely in vain are they disquieted:{HR}He hoardeth, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Psa. 39:6)

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Psa. 73:13• ¹³Truly in vain I have cleansed my heart{HR}And washed my hands in innocency; (Psa. 73:13)

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Eccl. 5:2‑7• ²Be not rash with thy mouth,{HR}And let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God;{HR}For God is in heaven, and thou upon the earth:{HR}Therefore let thy words be few.
³For a dream cometh with a multitude of business:{HR}And a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
⁴When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it;{HR}For he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
⁵Better is it that thou shouldest not vow,{HR}Than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
⁶Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin;{HR}Neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error:{HR}Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice,{HR}And destroy the work of thy hands?
⁷For in the multitude of dreams and many words{HR}[Are] also vanities: but fear thou God. (Eccl. 5:2‑7)

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Isa. 1:13‑15• ¹³Bring no more vain oblations: incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies, — I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn meeting.
¹⁴Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them].
¹⁵And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:13‑15)

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Isa. 58:1‑3• ¹Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
²Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous ordinances, they delight to draw near unto God.
³Wherefore have we fasted, [say they,] and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labours. (Isa. 58:1‑3)

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Mal. 3:14• ¹⁴Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? (Mal. 3:14)

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Mark 7:7• ⁷But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Mark 7:7)

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1 Cor. 15:2• ²by which also ye are being saved, if ye hold fast with what discourse I announced [it] to you, unless ye believed lightly. (1 Cor. 15:2)

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James 2:20• ²⁰But art thou willing to learn, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? (James 2:20)

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Deut. 12:32• ³²{i}Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it.{/i} (Deut. 12:32)

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Prov. 30:5‑6• ⁵{i}Every word of God is pure:{HR}He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.{/i}
⁶{i}Add thou not unto his words,{HR}Lest he reprove thee,{HR}And thou be found a liar.{/i} (Prov. 30:5‑6)

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Isa. 29:13• ¹³And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men: (Isa. 29:13)

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Col. 2:18‑22• ¹⁸Let no one defraud you of your prize, doing his will in humility and worship of the angels, intruding into things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
¹⁹and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and knit together by the joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.
²⁰If ye died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as alive in [the] world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?
²¹Handle not, neither taste, nor even touch
²²(which are all for destruction in the using), according to the injunctions and trainings of men; (Col. 2:18‑22)

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1 Tim. 1:4• ⁴nor to pay heed to fables and endless genealogies, such as furnish questionings rather than God's dispensation that is in faith. (1 Tim. 1:4)

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1 Tim. 4:1‑3,6‑7• ¹But the Spirit saith expressly that in latter times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
²by hypocrisy of legendmongers, branded in their own conscience,
³forbidding to marry, [bidding] to abstain from meats which God created for reception with thanksgiving by those faithful and fully acquainted with the truth.
⁶Setting these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and the good teaching which thou hast followed up.
⁷But the profane and old-womanish fables refuse, and exercise thyself unto piety; (1 Tim. 4:1‑3,6‑7)

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Titus 1:14• ¹⁴not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away as they do from the truth. (Titus 1:14)

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Heb. 13:9• ⁹Be not carried away with divers and strange doctrines; for [it is] good that the heart be confirmed with grace; not with meats, in which those that walked were not profited. (Heb. 13:9)

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Rev. 22:18• ¹⁸I testify to everyone that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If Anyone add to them, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book: (Rev. 22:18)

J. N. Darby Translation

but in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings commandments of men.

W. Kelly Translation

but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)