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21 Bible Verses About Fake People

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Summary

  • The Gospels’ word for a fake religious person is hypokrites, which first meant a stage actor, and Jesus uses it of the teachers of the law and Pharisees in Matthew 15 and 23.
  • Psalm 55:21 and Psalm 41:9 describe betrayal by a close friend, and Jesus quotes Psalm 41:9 in John 13:18 at the supper where Judas receives the bread.
  • Matthew 7:15-21 gives fruit and doing the Father’s will as the tests of false prophets and of those who only say “Lord, Lord.”
  • Romans 12:9 asks for love that is anupokritos, without hypocrisy, and 1 Peter 2:1 tells believers to rid themselves of hypocrisy.

The Bible describes a fake person as someone whose words or outward religion do not match the heart. Jesus calls the teachers of the law and Pharisees whitewashed tombs that “appear to people as righteous” (Matthew 23:27-28), and 2 Timothy 3:5 warns of people “having a form of godliness but denying its power.” Psalm 55:21 and Proverbs 26:24-26 describe speech that is smooth while the heart plans harm, and Psalm 41:9 names the friend who shared bread and turned. The…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 5273, ὑποκριτής (hupokrites): an actor under an assumed character; figuratively, a dissembler or hypocrite. biblehub.com/greek/5273

Strong’s Greek 505, ἀνυπόκριτος (anupokritos): without hypocrisy, unfeigned, sincere. biblehub.com/greek/505

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