Isaiah 29:13 (WEB)
The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
Catechism · 1
“The spiritual tradition of the Church also emphasizes the heart, in the biblical sense of the depths of one's being, where the person decides for or against God.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jer 31:33; Dt 6:5; 29:3; Is 29:13; Ezek 36:26; Mt 6:21; Lk 8:15; Rom 5:5.
Fathers and councils · 31
Gregory of Nyssa
““This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.”” — editor's note: Isaiah xxix. 13; Matthew xv. 8.
Read the whole comment“But since we are bidden not to honour God with our lips, and piety is not tested by the sound of a word, but the Son must first be the object of belief in the heart unto righteousness, and then be confessed with the…” — editor's note: Cf. Is. xxix. 13
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“As also Isaiah says: “This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me: howbeit in vain do they worship Me, teaching the doctrines and the commandments of men.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For as He said of the Jews: “This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me,” so perhaps He may say of some of the fallen: “They denied Me with their lips, but in heart they are with Me.” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
“(Jer. 2:5, Isa. 29:13.)” — the author cites it
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Justin Martyr
“And I replied to this, “I know that the statement does appear to be paradoxical, especially to those of your race, who are ever unwilling to understand or to perform the [requirements] of God, but [ready to perform] those of your teachers, as God Himself declares.” — editor's note: Comp. Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“Therefore, behold, I will proceed to remove this people, and I shall remove them; and I shall take away the wisdom of their wise men, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent men.’ ”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13, 14.
Read the whole comment“But they are cisterns broken, and holding no water, which your own teachers have digged, as the Scripture also expressly asserts, ‘teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.’” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“So these men concealed their unsoundness through fear of the majority, and gave their assent to the decisions of the council, thus drawing upon themselves the condemnation of the prophet, for the God of all cries unto them, “This people honour Me with their lips, but in their hearts they are far from Me.”” — editor's note: Isai. xxix. 13
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Neither is it becoming to follow the practice of man, but the truth of God; since God speaks by Isaiah the prophet, and says, “In vain do they worship me, teaching the commandments and doctrines of men.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment““This people,” he says, honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is widely removed from me; but in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“But in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“But in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they who are in darkness and in a cloud; the eyes of the blind shall see.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 11–18.
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Augustine of Hippo
““What you say in your hearts:” there is understood, “say ye:” so that the complete sentence is, “What ye say in your hearts, that say ye;” that is, be ye not the people of whom it is said, “with their lips they honour Me, but their heart is far from Me.” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“Lest haply thou shouldest think him to have that on his lips, which he hath not in his heart, lest thou shouldest reckon him among those of whom it is said, “This people honour Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment““This people honours Me with their lips:” behold, with their body they draw near; “but their heart is far from Me.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“For many have understanding in their lips, but have not in their heart, of whom the Scripture saith, “This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“These are by the way side, to whom as blinded in heart Jesus gives His precepts.” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13; Matt. xv. 8.
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John Chrysostom
“Have ye not heard the prophet, saying (or rather God by the prophet), “This people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me?”” — editor's note: Is. xxix. 13; comp. Mark vii. 6.
Read the whole comment“But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”” — editor's note: Matt. xv. 8, 9. See Is. xxix. 13. [R.V., “teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.”]
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…faithless and traitors towards their David, as God had foretold by the Prophet: This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.” — editor's note: Is. xxix 13.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
“Wherefore it goes on: “Well hath Esaia prophesied of you hypocrites; as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.” [Isa 29:13]” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“…Sabbaths, not His own, because they were celebrated without the fear of God by a people full of iniquities, and loving God “with the lip, not the heart,” He has yet put His own Sabbaths (those, that is, which were kept according to His prescription) in a different position; for by the same prophet, in a later…” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“The fact is, that He who was then imputing to them their ancient obstinacy was none other than He who, before the coming of Christ, had addressed to them these words, “This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart standeth far off from me.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“The Christ of the prophets was destined, moreover, to be betrayed with a kiss, for He was the Son indeed of Him who was “honoured with the lips” by the people.” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“Now it is these whom God had threatened for “loving Him indeed with the lip, whilst their heart was far from Him,” in these angry words: “Ye shall hear with your ears, and not understand; and see with your eyes, but not perceive;” and, “If ye will not believe, ye shall not…” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“…as to their preferring the establishment of their own righteousness, (the Creator again describes them as) “teaching for doctrines the commandments of men;” moreover, as “having gathered themselves together against the Lord and against His Christ”—from ignorance of Him, of course.” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13 (Sept.)
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Clement of Alexandria
“What follows is reproving censure: “In vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“And He reproves that people respecting whom it was said, “This people honour Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13.
Read the whole comment“And “this people honoureth Me with their lips,” it is said, “but their heart is far from Me.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13; Matt. xv. 8; Mark vii. 6.
Read the whole comment““For the different people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from the Lord.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 13 (ὁ ἔτερος inserted).
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Cross-references · 42
Cited together with
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 15:11–16 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 78.
Cited together in Catechism §368.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.5.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.5.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.5.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Catechism §368.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.5.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.5.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 78.
Cited together in Catechism §368.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.5 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.36.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 7:1–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.14.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.36.
Cited together in Catechism §368.
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 15:11–16 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 15:11–16 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 15:11–16 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 15:11–16 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 15:11–16 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Homilies on the Psalms Homily 2.
Cited together in Homilies on the Psalms Homily 2.
Cited together in Catechism §368.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.7.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.36.
Cited together in Catechism §368.
Cited together in Catechism §368.
Cited together in Homilies on the Psalms Homily 2.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.7.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.7.
Cited together in Homilies on the Psalms Homily 2.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.14.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
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Matthew 15:8 takes up the words of Isaiah 29:13 (9 words in common).