hypocrisy
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20If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see?
5Hypocrite, first remove the board from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.
1“Pay attention, lest you perform your justice before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward with your Father, who is in heaven.
26But if anyone considers himself to be religious, but he does not restrain his tongue, but instead seduces his own heart: such a one’s religion is vanity.
1“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2For with whatever judgment you judge, so shall you be judged; and with whatever measure you measure out, so shall it be measured back to you. 3And how can you see the splinter in your brother’s eye, and not see the board in your own eye? 4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter from your eye,’ while, behold, a board is in your own eye? 5Hypocrite, first remove the board from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.
7Hypocrites! How well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 8‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 9For in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men.’ ”
3But, O man, when you judge those who do such things as you yourself also do, do you think that you will escape the judgment of God?
9Whoever declares himself to be in the light, and yet hates his brother, is in the darkness even now.
2For there is nothing covered, which will not be revealed, nor anything hidden, which will not be known.
16They claim that they know God. But, by their own works, they deny him, since they are abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate, toward every good work.
5even having the appearance of piety while rejecting its virtue. And so, avoid them.
5And when you pray, you should not be like the hypocrites, who love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets to pray, so that they may be seen by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
4Whoever claims that he knows him, and yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.