“‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”
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