Isaiah 1:12
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12 “When you come (A)to appear before Me,
Who has required this from your hand,
To trample My courts?
Exodus 34:23
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23 (A)“Three times in the year all your men shall appear before the Lord, the Lord God of Israel.
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Exodus 23:17
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17 (A)“Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord [a]God.
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- Exodus 23:17 Heb. YHWH, usually translated Lord
Matthew 23:5
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5 But all their works they do to (A)be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.
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Micah 6:8
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8 He has (A)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But (B)to do justly,
To love [a]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
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- Micah 6:8 Or lovingkindness
Isaiah 58:1-2
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Fasting that Pleases God
58 “Cry aloud, [a]spare not;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet;
(A)Tell My people their transgression,
And the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek Me daily,
And delight to know My ways,
As a nation that did righteousness,
And did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of Me the ordinances of justice;
They take delight in approaching God.
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- Isaiah 58:1 do not hold back
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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Psalm 40:6
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6 (A)Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
Deuteronomy 16:16
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16 (A)“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and (B)they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.
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