Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Fear God, Keep Your Vows
5 Walk (A)prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather (B)than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.
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James 1:19
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Qualities Needed in Trials
19 [a]So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, (A)slow to speak, (B)slow to wrath;
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- James 1:19 NU Know this or This you know
Hebrews 12:28-29
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28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we [a]may (A)serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For (B)our God is a consuming fire.
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- Hebrews 12:28 M omits may
Proverbs 15:8
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
1 Peter 2:1-2
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Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood
2 Therefore, (A)laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 (B)as newborn babes, desire the pure (C)milk of the word, that you may grow [a]thereby,
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- 1 Peter 2:2 NU adds up to salvation
Psalm 89:7
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7 (A)God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
Hebrews 10:26
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The Just Live by Faith
26 For (A)if we sin willfully (B)after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there (C)no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
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Isaiah 66:3
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3 “He(A) who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he (B)breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,
Isaiah 1:12-20
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12 “When you come (A)to appear before Me,
Who has required this from your hand,
To trample My courts?
13 Bring no more (B)futile[a] sacrifices;
Incense is an abomination to Me.
The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and (C)the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
14 Your (D)New Moons and your (E)appointed feasts
My soul hates;
They are a trouble to Me,
I am weary of bearing them.
15 (F)When you [b]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(G)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [c]blood.
16 “Wash(H) yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
(I)Cease to do evil,
17 Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke [d]the oppressor;
[e]Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.
18 “Come now, and let us (J)reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
(K)They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword”;
(L)For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
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- Isaiah 1:13 worthless
- Isaiah 1:15 Pray
- Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed
- Isaiah 1:17 Some ancient vss. the oppressed
- Isaiah 1:17 Vindicate
Proverbs 21:27
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27 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
How much more when he brings it with wicked intent!
Joshua 5:15
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15 Then the Commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, (A)“Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so.
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Exodus 3:5
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5 Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. (A)Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”
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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)shame [a]those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
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- 1 Corinthians 11:22 The poor
Acts 10:33
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33 So I sent to you immediately, and you have done well to come. Now therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things commanded you by God.”
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Malachi 1:10-11
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10 “Who is there even among you who would shut the doors,
(A)So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain?
I have no pleasure in you,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
(B)“Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.
11 For (C)from the rising of the sun, even to its going down,
My name shall be great (D)among the Gentiles;
(E)In every place (F)incense shall be offered to My name,
And a pure offering;
(G)For My name shall be great among the nations,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
Leviticus 10:3
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3 And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying:
‘By those (A)who come near Me
I must be regarded as holy;
And before all the people
I must be glorified.’ ”
So Aaron held his peace.
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Genesis 28:16-17
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16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in (A)this place, and I did not know it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”
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Acts 17:11
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11 These were more [a]fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and (A)searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
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- Acts 17:11 Lit. noble
Hosea 6:6-7
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Jeremiah 7:21-23
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21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat. 22 (B)For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. 23 But this is what I commanded them, saying, (C)‘Obey My voice, and (D)I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’
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Psalm 50:8-18
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8 (A)I will not [a]rebuke you (B)for your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.
9 (C)I will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
(D)For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
13 (E)Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
14 (F)Offer to God thanksgiving,
And (G)pay your vows to the Most High.
15 (H)Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
17 (I)Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
18 When you saw a thief, you (J)consented[b] with him,
And have been a (K)partaker with adulterers.
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- Psalm 50:8 reprove
- Psalm 50:18 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. ran
2 Chronicles 26:16
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The Penalty for Uzziah’s Pride(A)
16 But (B)when he was strong his heart was (C)lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God (D)by entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
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1 Samuel 15:21-22
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21 (A)But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”
22 So Samuel said:
(B)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, (C)to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 13:12-13
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12 then I said, ‘The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the Lord.’ Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”
13 And Samuel said to Saul, (A)“You have done foolishly. (B)You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. For now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
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Genesis 4:3-5
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3 And [a]in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit (A)of the ground to the Lord. 4 Abel also brought of (B)the firstborn of his flock and of (C)their fat. And the Lord (D)respected Abel and his offering, 5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
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- Genesis 4:3 Lit. at the end of days
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