• Mark 7:6-9
  He answered and said to them, 'Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:
  ' This people honors Me with their lips,
  But their heart is far from Me.
  And in vain they worship Me,
  Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do." He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
   
• Deuteronomy 12:29-32
  "When the LORD your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land, take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, "How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise." You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
  
   
• Isaiah 1:10-17
  Hear the word of the LORD,
  You rulers of Sodom;
  Give ear to the law of our God,
  You people of Gomorrah:
  "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?"
  Says the LORD.
  " I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
  And the fat of fed cattle.
  I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
  Or of lambs or goats.
  "When you come to appear before Me,
  Who has required this from your hand,
  To trample My courts?
  Bring no more futile sacrifices;
  Incense is an abomination to Me.
  The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies—
  I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
  Your New Moons and your appointed feasts
  My soul hates;
  They are a trouble to Me,
  I am weary of bearing them.
  When you spread out your hands,
  I will hide My eyes from you;
  Even though you make many prayers,
  I will not hear.
  Your hands are full of blood.
  "Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
  Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
  Cease to do evil,
  Learn to do good;
  Seek justice,
  Rebuke the oppressor;
  Defend the fatherless,
  Plead for the widow.
  
   
• Matthew 15:8-9
  " These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
  Andhonor Me with their lips,
  But their heart is far from Me.
  And in vain they worship Me,
  Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.""
   
• Exodus 20:4-6
  "You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
  
   
• Jeremiah 10:2-5
  Thus says the LORD:
  “ Do not learn the way of the Gentiles;
  Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven,
  For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.
  For the customs of the peoples are futile;
  For one cuts a tree from the forest,
  The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
  They decorate it with silver and gold;
  They fasten it with nails and hammers
  So that it will not topple.
  They are upright, like a palm tree,
  And they cannot speak;
  They must be carried,
  Because they cannot go by themselves.
  Do not be afraid of them,
  For they cannot do evil,
  Nor can they do any good.”
  
   
• Exodus 32:2-5
  And Aaron said to them, "Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me." So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, "This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!" So when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, "Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD."
   
• Isaiah 40:18-20
  To whom then will you liken God?
  Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
  The workman molds an image,
  The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,
  And the silversmith casts silver chains.
  Whoever is too impoverished for such a contribution
  Chooses a tree that will not rot;
  He seeks for himself a skillful workman
  To prepare a carved image that will not totter.
  
   
• Amos 5:21-23
  "I hate, I despise your feast days,
  And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
  Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
  I will not accept them,
  Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
  Take away from Me the noise of your songs,
  For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
  
   
• Romans 1:24-25
  Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
   
• 2 Timothy 3:5
  having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
   

Related Scriptures

• John 4:23-24
  But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
   
• Genesis 35:1-4
  Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother." And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone." So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.
   
• Amos 5:5-6
  But do not seek Bethel,
  Nor enter Gilgal,
  Nor pass over to Beersheba;
  For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
  And Bethel shall come to nothing.
  Seek the LORD and live,
  Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
  And devour it,
  With no one to quench it in Bethel—
  
   
• Romans 8:7
  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
   
• 1 John 2:15
  Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
   
• Revelation 22:18-19
  For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.