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Matt. 15:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrinest the commandments of men.

Col. 2:22• ²²(things which are all for destruction in the using of them:) according to the injunctions and teachings of men, (Col. 2:22)

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Ex. 20:7• ⁷Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name. (Ex. 20:7)

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Lev. 26:16,20• ¹⁶I also will do this unto you--I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and fever, which shall cause the eyes to fail, and the soul to waste away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
²⁰and your strength shall be spent in vain, and your land shall not yield its produce; and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit. (Lev. 26:16,20)

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1 Sam. 25:21• ²¹Now David had said, Surely, in vain have I kept all that this man had in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good. (1 Sam. 25:21)

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Psa. 39:6• ⁶Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Psa. 39:6)

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Psa. 73:13• ¹³Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency: (Psa. 73:13)

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Eccl. 5:2‑7• ²Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in the heavens, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.
³For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.
⁴When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
⁵Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
⁶Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
⁷For in the multitude of dreams are vanities; so with many words: but fear God. (Eccl. 5:2‑7)

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Isa. 1:13‑15• ¹³Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me,--new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations--wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.
¹⁴Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing them.
¹⁵And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:13‑15)

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Isa. 58:1‑3• ¹Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
²Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God; they ask of me the ordinances of righteousness, they take delight in approaching to God:
³--Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth you, and exact all your labours. (Isa. 58:1‑3)

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Mal. 3:14• ¹⁴Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? (Mal. 3:14)

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Mark 7:7• ⁷But in vain do they worship me, teaching as their teachings commandments of men. (Mark 7:7)

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1 Cor. 15:2• ²by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings,) unless indeed ye have believed in vain. (1 Cor. 15:2)

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James 2:20• ²⁰But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? (James 2:20)

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Deut. 12:32• ³²Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it. (Deut. 12:32)

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Prov. 30:5‑6• ⁵Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
⁶Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. (Prov. 30:5‑6)

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Isa. 29:13• ¹³And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men; (Isa. 29:13)

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Col. 2:18‑22• ¹⁸Let no one fraudulently deprive you of your prize, doing his own will in humility and worship of angels, entering into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
¹⁹and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.
²⁰If ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as if alive in the world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?
²¹Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,
²²(things which are all for destruction in the using of them:) according to the injunctions and teachings of men, (Col. 2:18‑22)

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1 Tim. 1:4• ⁴nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than further God's dispensation, which is in faith. (1 Tim. 1:4)

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1 Tim. 4:1‑3,6‑7• ¹But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from the faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons
²speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,
³forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.
⁶Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up.
⁷But profane and old wives' fables avoid, but exercise thyself unto piety; (1 Tim. 4:1‑3,6‑7)

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Titus 1:14• ¹⁴not turning their minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth. (Titus 1:14)

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Heb. 13:9• ⁹Be not carried away with various and strange doctrines; for it is good that the heart be confirmed with grace, not meats; those who have walked in which have not been profited by them. (Heb. 13:9)

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Rev. 22:18• ¹⁸*I* testify to every one who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any one shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this book. (Rev. 22:18)

J. N. Darby Translation

but in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings commandments of men.

W. Kelly Translation

but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)