Font Size
Ecclesiastes 5:1
New Living Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:1
New Living Translation
Approaching God with Care
5 [a]As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 5:1 Verse 5:1 is numbered 4:17 in Hebrew text.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 5:1
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.
James 1:19
New Living Translation
James 1:19
New Living Translation
Listening and Doing
19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
Read full chapter
James 1:19
New International Version
James 1:19
New International Version
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
New Living Translation
Hebrews 12:28-29
New Living Translation
28 Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe. 29 For our God is a devouring fire.
Read full chapter
Hebrews 12:28-29
New International Version
Hebrews 12:28-29
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24
1 Peter 2:1-2
New Living Translation
1 Peter 2:1-2
New Living Translation
2 So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. 2 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment,
Read full chapter
1 Peter 2:1-2
New International Version
1 Peter 2:1-2
New International Version
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
New Living Translation
Proverbs 15:8
New Living Translation
8 The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked,
but he delights in the prayers of the upright.
Proverbs 15:8
New International Version
Proverbs 15:8
New International Version
Isaiah 1:12-20
New Living Translation
Isaiah 1:12-20
New Living Translation
12 When you come to worship me,
who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?
13 Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts;
the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath
and your special days for fasting—
they are all sinful and false.
I want no more of your pious meetings.
14 I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals.
They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!
15 When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
16 Wash yourselves and be clean!
Get your sins out of my sight.
Give up your evil ways.
17 Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.
18 “Come now, let’s settle this,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
I will make them as white as snow.
Though they are red like crimson,
I will make them as white as wool.
19 If you will only obey me,
you will have plenty to eat.
20 But if you turn away and refuse to listen,
you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies.
I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Isaiah 1:12-20
New International Version
Isaiah 1:12-20
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
Proverbs 21:27
New Living Translation
Proverbs 21:27
New Living Translation
27 The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable,
especially when it is offered with wrong motives.
Proverbs 21:27
New International Version
Proverbs 21:27
New International Version
Psalm 89:7
New Living Translation
Psalm 89:7
New Living Translation
7 The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God.
He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.
Psalm 89:7
New International Version
Psalm 89:7
New International Version
Psalm 50:8-18
New Living Translation
Psalm 50:8-18
New Living Translation
8 I have no complaint about your sacrifices
or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
9 But I do not need the bulls from your barns
or the goats from your pens.
10 For all the animals of the forest are mine,
and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird on the mountains,
and all the animals of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for all the world is mine and everything in it.
13 Do I eat the meat of bulls?
Do I drink the blood of goats?
14 Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God,
and keep the vows you made to the Most High.
15 Then call on me when you are in trouble,
and I will rescue you,
and you will give me glory.”
16 But God says to the wicked:
“Why bother reciting my decrees
and pretending to obey my covenant?
17 For you refuse my discipline
and treat my words like trash.
18 When you see thieves, you approve of them,
and you spend your time with adulterers.
Psalm 50:8-18
New International Version
Psalm 50:8-18
New International Version
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
New Living Translation
Joshua 5:15
New Living Translation
15 The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did as he was told.
Read full chapter
Joshua 5:15
New International Version
Joshua 5:15
New International Version
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
New Living Translation
Exodus 3:5
New Living Translation
5 “Do not come any closer,” the Lord warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.
Read full chapter
Exodus 3:5
New International Version
Exodus 3:5
New International Version
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
New Living Translation
Hebrews 10:26
New Living Translation
26 Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins.
Read full chapter
Hebrews 10:26
New International Version
Hebrews 10:26
New International Version
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
New Living Translation
1 Corinthians 11:22
New Living Translation
22 What? Don’t you have your own homes for eating and drinking? Or do you really want to disgrace God’s church and shame the poor? What am I supposed to say? Do you want me to praise you? Well, I certainly will not praise you for this!
Read full chapter
1 Corinthians 11:22
New International Version
1 Corinthians 11:22
New International Version
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!
New Living Translation (NLT)
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.