Bible Verses About Hypocrisy: General references

So are the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,

Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.

He leaneth on his house--and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it--and it abideth not.

He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.

For the company of the profane is gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.

This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?

That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,

Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike--

As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: `Where is he?'

As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,

The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him.

His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.

His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.

Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps is in his heart.

Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.

Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.

He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.

He is giving back what he laboured for, And doth not consume it ; As a bulwark is his exchange, and he exults not.

For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

This is the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

If his sons multiply--for them is a sword. And his offspring are not satisfied with bread.