Ezekiel 20:3
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3 (A)“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God, Is it to inquire of me that you come? (B)As I live, declares the Lord God, (C)I will not be inquired of by you.
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Matthew 15:8-9
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8 (A)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as (B)doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Micah 3:7
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7 (A)the seers shall be disgraced,
and the diviners put to shame;
(B)they shall all cover their lips,
for (C)there is no answer from God.
Proverbs 28:9
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9 If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,
even his (A)prayer is an abomination.
Psalm 50:15-21
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16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 (D)For you hate discipline,
(E)and you cast my words behind you.
18 If you see a thief, (F)you are pleased with him,
(G)and you keep company with adulterers.
19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
(H)and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother's son.
21 These things you have done, and I (I)have been silent;
you thought that I[a] was one like yourself.
But now I (J)rebuke you and (K)lay the charge before you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 50:21 Or that the I am
John 4:24
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24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
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Luke 3:7
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7 He said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, (A)“You brood of (B)vipers! Who warned you to flee from (C)the wrath to come?
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Ezekiel 20:31
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31 When you present your gifts and (A)offer up your children in fire,[a] you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And (B)shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? (C)As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.
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- Ezekiel 20:31 Hebrew and make your children pass through the fire
Ezekiel 14:7-8
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7 For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, (A)who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, (B)I the Lord will answer him myself. 8 And (C)I will set my face against that man; I (D)will make him a sign and a byword (E)and cut him off from the midst of my people, (F)and you shall know that I am the Lord.
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Ezekiel 14:3-4
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3 (A)“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set (B)the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. (C)Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them? 4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, (D)I the Lord will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols,
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you (A)spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
(B)even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
(C)your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 1:12
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12 “When you come to (A)appear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
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 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.
1 Samuel 28:6
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6 And when Saul inquired of the Lord, (A)the Lord did not answer him, either (B)by dreams, or (C)by Urim, or by prophets.
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