Bible Verses About
Hypocrisy
Integrity over hypocrisy — practicing what we preach.
“If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
“Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.”
“Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.”
“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.”
“Judge not, that ye be not judged.”
“Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,”
“Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.”
“And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?”
“He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.”
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Frequently asked
What does the Bible say about hypocrisy?
Scripture speaks to hypocrisy in passages such as 1 John 4:20, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 7:5. For example, 1 John 4:20 says, “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
What is a well-known Bible verse about hypocrisy?
1 John 4:20 — “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
What is a short Bible verse about hypocrisy?
Matthew 7:1 — “Judge not, that ye be not judged.”