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!
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