1 Samuel 2:30

New King James Version

³⁰Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: ^(A)‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: ^(B)‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and ^(C)those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.

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1 Samuel 2:30

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³⁰“Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.^(A)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,^(B) but those who despise^(C) me will be disdained.^(D)

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John 12:26

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²⁶If anyone serves Me, let him ^(A)follow Me; and ^(B)where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

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John 12:26

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²⁶Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.^(A) My Father will honor the one who serves me.

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Jeremiah 18:9-10

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⁹And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, ¹⁰if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.

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Jeremiah 18:9-10

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⁹And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built^(A) up and planted, ¹⁰and if it does evil^(B) in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider^(C) the good I had intended to do for it.^(D)

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Proverbs 3:9-10

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⁹^(A)Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
¹⁰^(B)So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.

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Proverbs 3:9-10

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⁹Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits^(A) of all your crops;
¹⁰then your barns will be filled^(B) to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.^(C)

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Malachi 1:6

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Polluted Offerings

⁶“A son ^(A)honors his father,
And a servant his master.
^(B)If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
^(C)Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’

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Malachi 1:6

New International Version

Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices

⁶“A son honors his father,^(A) and a slave his master.^(B) If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect^(C) due me?” says the Lord Almighty.^(D)

“It is you priests who show contempt for my name.

“But you ask,^(E) ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’

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2 Chronicles 15:2

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²And he went out ^[a]to meet Asa, and said to him: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. ^(A)The Lord is with you while you are with Him. ^(B)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but ^(C)if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

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2 Chronicles 15:2 Lit. before

2 Chronicles 15:2

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²He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you^(A) when you are with him.^(B) If you seek^(C) him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.^(D)

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Isaiah 29:13

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¹³Therefore the Lord said:

^(A)“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me ^(B)with their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

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Isaiah 29:13

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¹³The Lord says:

“These people^(A) come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,^(B)
    but their hearts are far from me.^(C)
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught.^[a]^(D)

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Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules

Psalm 91:14

New King James Version

¹⁴“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will ^[a]set him on high, because he has ^(A)known My name.

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Psalm 91:14 exalt him

Psalm 91:14

New International Version

¹⁴“Because he^[a] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

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Psalm 91:14 That is, probably the king

Psalm 50:23

New King James Version

²³Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And ^(A)to him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”

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Psalm 50:23

New International Version

²³Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,
and to the blameless^[a] I will show my salvation.^(A)”

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Psalm 50:23 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; the meaning of the Masoretic Text for this phrase is uncertain.

Exodus 29:9

New King James Version

⁹And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. ^(A)The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall ^(B)consecrate Aaron and his sons.

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Exodus 29:9

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⁹and fasten caps on them. Then tie sashes on Aaron and his sons.^[a]^(A) The priesthood is theirs by a lasting ordinance.^(B)

“Then you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

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Exodus 29:9 Hebrew; Septuagint on them

1 Peter 1:7

New King James Version

⁷that ^(A)the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though ^(B)it is tested by fire, ^(C)may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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1 Peter 1:7

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⁷These have come so that the proven genuineness^(A) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire^(B)—may result in praise, glory and honor^(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed.^(D)

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John 17:4-5

New King James Version

⁴^(A)I have glorified You on the earth. ^(B)I have finished the work ^(C)which You have given Me to do. ⁵And now, O Father, glorify Me together ^[a]with Yourself, with the glory ^(D)which I had with You before the world was.

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John 17:5 Lit. alongside

John 17:4-5

New International Version

⁴I have brought you glory^(A) on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.^(B) ⁵And now, Father, glorify me^(C) in your presence with the glory I had with you^(D) before the world began.^(E)

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John 5:23

New King James Version

²³that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(A)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

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John 5:23

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²³that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.^(A)

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