To the wicked, however, God says, "What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
Cross References
Psalm 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally--one devising mischief by decree?
Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: "These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Jeremiah 44:26Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, 'As surely as the Lord GOD lives.'
Treasury of Scripture
But to the wicked God said, What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth?
wicked
Isaiah 48:22
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
Isaiah 55:6,7
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …
Ezekiel 18:27
Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
What
Proverbs 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Isaiah 1:11-15
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats…
Isaiah 48:1,2
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness…
thou shouldest
Psalm 25:14
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
Psalm 78:36-38
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues…
Ezekiel 20:37,38
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: …
