Quotes about Hypocrisy
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
— Amos 5:21
Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
— Amos 5:23
If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
— Micah 2:11
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
— Micah 3:5
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
— Micah 6:12
“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
— Matthew 6:1
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
— Matthew 6:2
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
— Matthew 6:5
When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
— Matthew 6:16
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
— Matthew 7:3
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
— Matthew 7:4