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.
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
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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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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
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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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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)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
Proverbs 21:27
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Psalm 89:7
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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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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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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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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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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!
Isaiah 66:3
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3 But whoever sacrifices a bull(A)
is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
is like one who presents pig’s(B) blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense(C)
is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,(D)
and they delight in their abominations;(E)
Leviticus 10:3
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3 Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:
“‘Among those who approach me(A)
I will be proved holy;(B)
in the sight of all the people
I will be honored.(C)’”
Aaron remained silent.
Genesis 28:16-17
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16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep,(A) he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!(B) This is none other than the house of God;(C) this is the gate of heaven.”
Acts 17:11
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11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,(A) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures(B) every day to see if what Paul said was true.(C)
Acts 10:33
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33 So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”
Malachi 1:10-11
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10 “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors,(A) so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased(B) with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept(C) no offering(D) from your hands. 11 My name will be great(E) among the nations,(F) from where the sun rises to where it sets.(G) In every place incense(H) and pure offerings(I) will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.
1 Samuel 15:21-22
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21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
22 But Samuel replied:
“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,(A)
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
Genesis 4:3-5
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3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering(A) to the Lord.(B) 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions(C) from some of the firstborn of his flock.(D) The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,(E) 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
2 Chronicles 26:16
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16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride(A) led to his downfall.(B) He was unfaithful(C) to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense(D) on the altar of incense.
1 Samuel 13:12-13
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12 I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal,(A) and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.(B)’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
13 “You have done a foolish thing,(C)” Samuel said. “You have not kept(D) the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.(E)
Jeremiah 7:21-23
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21 “‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices(A) and eat(B) the meat yourselves! 22 For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands(C) about burnt offerings and sacrifices,(D) 23 but I gave them this command:(E) Obey(F) me, and I will be your God and you will be my people.(G) Walk in obedience to all(H) I command you, that it may go well(I) with you.
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