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Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Fear God
5 [a] (A)Guard your steps when you go to (B)the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to (C)offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:1 Ch 4:17 in Hebrew
Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Fulfill Your Vow to God
5 [a]Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.
James 1:19
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James 1:19
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Hearing and Doing the Word
19 (A)Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person (B)be quick to hear, (C)slow to speak, (D)slow to anger;
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James 1:19
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James 1:19
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Listening and Doing
19 My dear brothers and sisters,(A) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(B) and slow to become angry,
Hebrews 12:28-29
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Hebrews 12:28-29
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28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving (A)a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus (B)let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our (C)God is a consuming fire.
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Hebrews 12:28-29
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Hebrews 12:28-29
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28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken,(A) let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,(B) 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[a](C)
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- Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24
1 Peter 2:1-2
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1 Peter 2:1-2
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A Living Stone and a Holy People
2 (A)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 (B)Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual (C)milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—
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1 Peter 2:1-2
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1 Peter 2:1-2
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2 Therefore, rid yourselves(A) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander(B) of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,(C) so that by it you may grow up(D) in your salvation,
Proverbs 15:8
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Proverbs 15:8
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but (B)the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
Proverbs 15:8
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Proverbs 15:8
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Isaiah 1:12-20
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Isaiah 1:12-20
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12 “When you come to (A)appear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
(B)New moon and Sabbath and the (C)calling of convocations—
I cannot endure (D)iniquity and (E)solemn assembly.
14 Your (F)new moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you (G)spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
(H)even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
(I)your hands are full of blood.
16 (J)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(K)cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
(L)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(M)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
18 “Come now, (N)let us reason[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as (O)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 (P)If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
(Q)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
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- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
Isaiah 1:12-20
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Isaiah 1:12-20
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12 When you come to appear before me,
who has asked this of you,(A)
this trampling of my courts?
13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(B)
Your incense(C) is detestable(D) to me.
New Moons,(E) Sabbaths and convocations(F)—
I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon(G) feasts and your appointed festivals(H)
I hate with all my being.(I)
They have become a burden to me;(J)
I am weary(K) of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands(L) in prayer,
I hide(M) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
I am not listening.(N)
16 Wash(Q) and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(R)
stop doing wrong.(S)
17 Learn to do right;(T) seek justice.(U)
Defend the oppressed.[a](V)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(W)
plead the case of the widow.(X)
18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(Y)
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;(Z)
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.(AA)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(AB)
you will eat the good things of the land;(AC)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(AD)
you will be devoured by the sword.”(AE)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(AF)
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- Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
Proverbs 21:27
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Proverbs 21:27
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27 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
how much more (B)when he brings it with evil intent.
Proverbs 21:27
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Proverbs 21:27
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Psalm 89:7
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Psalm 89:7
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7 a God greatly (A)to be feared in the council of (B)the holy ones,
and awesome above all (C)who are around him?
Psalm 89:7
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Psalm 89:7
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Psalm 50:8-18
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Psalm 50:8-18
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8 Not for your sacrifices (A)do I rebuke you;
your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I will not accept a bull from your house
or goats from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 (B)I know all the birds of the hills,
and all that moves in the field is mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
(C)for the world and its fullness are mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 (D)Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[a]
and (E)perform your vows to the Most High,
15 and (F)call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will (G)deliver you, and you shall (H)glorify me.”
16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 (I)For you hate discipline,
(J)and you cast my words behind you.
18 If you see a thief, (K)you are pleased with him,
(L)and you keep company with adulterers.
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- Psalm 50:14 Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God
Psalm 50:8-18
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Psalm 50:8-18
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8 I bring no charges(A) against you concerning your sacrifices
or concerning your burnt offerings,(B) which are ever before me.
9 I have no need of a bull(C) from your stall
or of goats(D) from your pens,(E)
10 for every animal of the forest(F) is mine,
and the cattle on a thousand hills.(G)
11 I know every bird(H) in the mountains,
and the insects in the fields(I) are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
for the world(J) is mine, and all that is in it.(K)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 “Sacrifice thank offerings(L) to God,
fulfill your vows(M) to the Most High,(N)
15 and call(O) on me in the day of trouble;(P)
I will deliver(Q) you, and you will honor(R) me.”
16 But to the wicked person, God says:
Joshua 5:15
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Joshua 5:15
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15 And the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, (A)“Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
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Joshua 5:15
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Joshua 5:15
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15 The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.”(A) And Joshua did so.
Exodus 3:5
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Exodus 3:5
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5 Then he said, “Do not come near; (A)take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
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Exodus 3:5
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Exodus 3:5
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5 “Do not come any closer,”(A) God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”(B)
Hebrews 10:26
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Hebrews 10:26
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26 For (A)if we go on sinning deliberately (B)after receiving the knowledge of the truth, (C)there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
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Hebrews 10:26
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Hebrews 10:26
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26 If we deliberately keep on sinning(A) after we have received the knowledge of the truth,(B) no sacrifice for sins is left,
1 Corinthians 11:22
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1 Corinthians 11:22
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22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise (A)the church of God and (B)humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.
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1 Corinthians 11:22
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1 Corinthians 11:22
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22 Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God(A) by humiliating those who have nothing?(B) What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you?(C) Certainly not in this matter!
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