Malachi 1:10
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10 (A)Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, (B)and I will not accept an offering from your hand.
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Jeremiah 6:20
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20 (A)What use to me is (B)frankincense that comes from (C)Sheba,
or sweet cane from a distant land?
(D)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
1 Peter 5:2
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2 (A)shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,[a] (B)not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;[b] (C)not for shameful gain, but eagerly;
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- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight
- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit as God would have you
Amos 5:21-24
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21 (A)“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 (B)Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
to (C)the melody of your harps I will not listen.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Hosea 5:6
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6 (A)With their flocks and herds they shall go
to seek the Lord,
(B)but they will not find him;
(C)he has withdrawn from them.
Jeremiah 14:12
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12 Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, (A)and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them (B)by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
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Jeremiah 8:10
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10 (A)Therefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone (B)is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Isaiah 1:11-15
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11 (A)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
12 “When you come to (B)appear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
(C)New moon and Sabbath and the (D)calling of convocations—
I cannot endure (E)iniquity and (F)solemn assembly.
14 Your (G)new moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you (H)spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
(I)even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
(J)your hands are full of blood.
Hebrews 10:38
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38 (A)but my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”
Philippians 2:21
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21 For they all (A)seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
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1 Corinthians 9:13
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13 Do you not know that (A)those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?
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John 10:12
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12 He who is (A)a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (B)leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and (C)scatters them.
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Isaiah 56:11-12
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11 (A)The dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But (B)they are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
(C)each to his own gain, one and all.
12 (D)“Come,” they say, “let me get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
(E)and tomorrow will be like this day,
great beyond measure.”
Job 1:9-11
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9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? 10 Have you not put (A)a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have (B)blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11 But (C)stretch out your hand and (D)touch all that he has, and he will (E)curse you (F)to your face.”
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Jeremiah 6:13
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13 (A)“For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone (B)is greedy for unjust gain;
and from (C)prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
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