Bible Verses About Hypocrisy

I've spread quilts on my couch made of colored Egyptian linen.

I've perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

Come on, let's make love till morning; we'll enjoy making love.

My husband isn't at home, he's gone on a long trip;

he took a bag of money with him and won't be back till the moon is full."

With all her sweet talk she convinces him, enticing him with her seductive words.

Don't eat the food of a stingy man; don't be greedy for his delicacies.

For he is like someone who keeps accounts -"Eat! Drink!" he says to you, but he doesn't really mean it.

The little you eat you will vomit up, and your compliments will have been wasted.

Like a madman shooting deadly arrows and firebrands

is one who deceives another, then says, "It was just a joke."

Like silver slag overlaid on a clay pot are lips that burn [with friendship] over a hating heart.

He who hates may hide it with his speech; but inside, he harbors deceit.

He may speak pleasantly, but don't trust him; for seven abominations are in his heart.

His hatred may be concealed by deceit, but his wickedness will be revealed in the assembly.

"Why are all those sacrifices offered to me?" asks ADONAI. "I'm fed up with burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened animals! I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls, lambs and goats!

Yes, you come to appear in my presence; but who asked you to do this, to trample through my courtyards?

Stop bringing worthless grain offerings! They are like disgusting incense to me! Rosh-Hodesh, Shabbat, calling convocations - I can't stand evil together with your assemblies!

Everything in me hates your Rosh-Hodesh and your festivals; they are a burden to me - I'm tired of putting up with them!

"When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; no matter how much you pray, I won't be listening; because your hands are covered with blood.

Woe to those who burrow down deep to hide their plans from ADONAI! They work in the dark and say to themselves, "Nobody sees us, nobody knows us."

How you turn things upside down! - Is the potter not better than the clay, Does something made say of its maker, "He didn't make me"? Does the product say of its producer, "He has no discernment"?

The mean person will no longer be called generous, or the miserly said to be noble;

for the mean person will speak meanness, his heart planning evil, so that he can act godlessly, spreading error concerning ADONAI, as he lets the hungry go on starving and deprives the thirsty of drink.

Listen to this, house of Ya'akov, called by the name of Isra'el, who have come from the spring of Y'hudah, who swear by the name of ADONAI and invoke the God of Isra'el! - it is not sincerely or justifiably