Quotes about Authenticity
You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”
— Deuteronomy 18:21
For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.
— Job 32:22
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
— Psalm 26:4
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
— Proverbs 13:7
for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
— Proverbs 23:7
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
— Proverbs 27:19
Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
— Isaiah 1:22
On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”
— Isaiah 3:7
Therefore 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.
— Isaiah 29:13
Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
— Ezekiel 13:7
Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
— Amos 5:23
“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
— Matthew 6:1