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Bible Verses About Hypocrisy
Find Bible verses about hypocrisy — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about hypocrisy?
The Bible addresses hypocrisy with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Matthew 23:28
“Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”
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Luke 12:1
“Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”
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Mark 12:15
“Shall we give, or shall we not give?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."”
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1 Timothy 4:2
“through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;”
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Matthew 23:24
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
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Luke 6:42
“Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam fr...”
Matthew 23:27
“"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.”
Matthew 7:3
“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?”
Matthew 15:7
“You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,”
Mark 7:6
“He answered 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.”
Galatians 2:13
“And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.”
Acts 23:3
“Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?"”
Luke 13:15
“Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?”
Mark 12:40
“those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."”
Matthew 23:25
“"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.”
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