Bible Cross References
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Exodus 20:7
"Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the LORD your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.
Leviticus 26:16
I will punish you. I will bring disaster on you---incurable diseases and fevers that will make you blind and cause your life to waste away. You will plant your crops, but it will do you no good, because your enemies will conquer you and eat what you have grown.
Leviticus 26:20
All your hard work will do you no good, because your land will not produce crops and the trees will not bear fruit.
1 Samuel 25:21
David had been thinking, "Why did I ever protect that fellow's property out here in the wilderness? Not a thing that belonged to him was stolen, and this is how he pays me back for the help I gave him!
Psalm 39:6
no more than a shadow. All we do is for nothing; we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.
Psalm 73:13
Is it for nothing, then, that I have kept myself pure and have not committed sin?
Ecclesiastes 5:2-7
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Think before you speak, and don't make any rash promises to God. He is in heaven and you are on earth, so don't say any more than you have to.
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The more you worry, the more likely you are to have bad dreams, and the more you talk, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
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So when you make a promise to God, keep it as quickly as possible. He has no use for a fool. Do what you promise to do.
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Better not to promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.
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Don't let your own words lead you into sin, so that you have to tell God's priest that you didn't mean it. Why make God angry with you? Why let him destroy what you have worked for?
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No matter how much you dream, how much useless work you do, or how much you talk, you must still stand in awe of God.
Isaiah 1:13-15
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It's useless to bring your offerings. I am disgusted with the smell of the incense you burn. I cannot stand your New Moon Festivals, your Sabbaths, and your religious gatherings; they are all corrupted by your sins.
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I hate your New Moon Festivals and holy days; they are a burden that I am tired of bearing.
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"When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.
Isaiah 58:1-3
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The LORD says, "Shout as loud as you can! Tell my people Israel about their sins!
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They worship me every day, claiming that they are eager to know my ways and obey my laws. They say they want me to give them just laws and that they take pleasure in worshiping me."
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The people ask, "Why should we fast if the LORD never notices? Why should we go without food if he pays no attention?" The LORD says to them, "The truth is that at the same time you fast, you pursue your own interests and oppress your workers.
Malachi 3:14
You have said, 'It's useless to serve God. What's the use of doing what he says or of trying to show the LORD Almighty that we are sorry for what we have done?
Mark 7:7
It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!'
1 Corinthians 15:2
That is the gospel, the message that I preached to you. You are saved by the gospel if you hold firmly to it---unless it was for nothing that you believed.
James 2:20
You fool! Do you want to be shown that faith without actions is useless?
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Deuteronomy 12:32
"Do everything that I have commanded you; do not add anything to it or take anything from it.
Proverbs 30:5
"God keeps every promise he makes. He is like a shield for all who seek his protection.
Proverbs 30:6
If you claim that he said something that he never said, he will reprimand you and show that you are a liar."
Isaiah 29:13
The Lord said, "These people claim to worship me, but their words are meaningless, and their hearts are somewhere else. Their religion is nothing but human rules and traditions, which they have simply memorized.
Colossians 2:18-22
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Do not allow yourselves to be condemned by anyone who claims to be superior because of special visions and who insists on false humility and the worship of angels. For no reason at all, such people are all puffed up by their human way of thinking
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and have stopped holding on to Christ, who is the head of the body. Under Christ's control the whole body is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God wants it to grow.
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You have died with Christ and are set free from the ruling spirits of the universe. Why, then, do you live as though you belonged to this world? Why do you obey such rules as
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"Don't handle this," "Don't taste that," "Don't touch the other"?
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All these refer to things which become useless once they are used; they are only human rules and teachings.
1 Timothy 1:4
Tell them to give up those legends and those long lists of ancestors, which only produce arguments; they do not serve God's plan, which is known by faith.
1 Timothy 4:1-3
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The Spirit says clearly that some people will abandon the faith in later times; they will obey lying spirits and follow the teachings of demons.
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Such teachings are spread by deceitful liars, whose consciences are dead, as if burnt with a hot iron.
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Such people teach that it is wrong to marry and to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten, after a prayer of thanks, by those who are believers and have come to know the truth.
1 Timothy 4:6-3
1 Timothy 4:7-3
Titus 1:14
and no longer hold on to Jewish legends and to human commandments which come from people who have rejected the truth.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you from the right way. It is good to receive inner strength from God's grace, and not by obeying rules about foods; those who obey these rules have not been helped by them.
Revelation 22:18
I, John, solemnly warn everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: if any add anything to them, God will add to their punishment the plagues described in this book.