Matthew 15:8
These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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Matthew 15:8
These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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Exodus 18:19
Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:
Exodus 18:20
Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.
Exodus 18:23
If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.
Deuteronomy 4:5
I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.
Deuteronomy 5:27
Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it.
Deuteronomy 17:9
And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:
Deuteronomy 17:10
And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:
Deuteronomy 17:11
Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.
Deuteronomy 17:12
And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.
2 Chronicles 30:12
And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.
Matthew 23:3
All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.
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Exodus 23:13
Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.
Numbers 23:4
And God came to Balaam, and Balaam said to him, I have made ready seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
1 Samuel 15:13
And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.
2 Kings 10:16
And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.
Zechariah 7:5
Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?
Zechariah 7:6
And when you are feasting and drinking, are you not doing it only for yourselves?
Matthew 6:2
When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.
Matthew 6:3
But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does:
Matthew 6:4
So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
Matthew 6:16
And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
Luke 17:10
In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.
Romans 3:27
What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.
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Exodus 29:13
And take all the fat covering the inside of the ox, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and let them be burned on the altar;
Exodus 29:22
Then take the fat of the sheep, the fat tail, the fat covering the insides, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and the right leg; for by the offering of this sheep they are to be marked out as priests:
Leviticus 3:3
And he is to give of the peace-offering, as an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,
Leviticus 3:16
That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's.
Leviticus 4:8
And he is to take away all the fat of the ox of the sin-offering; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat of the inside parts,
Leviticus 4:9
And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away,
Leviticus 7:3
And all the fat of it, the fat tail and the fat covering the inside parts, is to be given as an offering.
Leviticus 7:4
And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away:
Psalms 119:70
Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.
Romans 5:5
And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
Romans 6:6
Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.
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Numbers 32:24
So get to work building your towns for your little ones, and safe places for your sheep; and do as you have said.
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Deuteronomy 4:2
Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.
Deuteronomy 12:32
You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.
Proverbs 30:6
Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.
Matthew 15:13
But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
Revelation 22:18
For I say to every man to whose ears have come the words of this prophet's book, If any man makes an addition to them, God will put on him the punishments which are in this book:
Revelation 22:20
He who gives witness to these things says, Truly, I come quickly. Even so come, Lord Jesus.
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1 Samuel 21:7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, kept back before the Lord; his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the strongest of Saul's runners.
Acts 21:26
Then Paul took the men, and on the day after, making himself clean with them, he went into the Temple, giving out the statement that the days necessary for making them clean were complete, till the offering was made for every one of them.
Acts 21:27
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him,
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1 Kings 21:27
Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.
1 Kings 21:28
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
1 Kings 21:29
Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.
2 Kings 10:30
And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.
2 Kings 10:31
But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam did and made Israel do.
2 Kings 12:2
Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because he was guided by the teaching of Jehoiada the priest.
2 Kings 14:3
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.
Jeremiah 23:35
But this is what you are to say, every man to his neighbour and every man to his brother, What answer has the Lord given? and, What has the Lord said?
Jeremiah 34:15
And now, turning away from evil, you had done what is right in my eyes, giving a public undertaking for every man to make his neighbour free; and you had made an agreement before me in the house which is named by my name:
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1 Chronicles 22:19
Now give your heart and soul to the worship of the Lord your God; and get to work on the building of the holy place of the Lord God, so that you may put the ark of the Lord's agreement and the holy vessels of God in the house which is to be made for the name of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 28:8
So now, before the eyes of all Israel, the people of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, keep and be true to the orders of the Lord your God; so that you may have this good land for yourselves and give it for a heritage to your children after you for ever.
1 Chronicles 28:9
And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.
2 Chronicles 30:19
Who, with all his heart, is turned to God the Lord, the God of his fathers, even if he has not been made clean after the rules of the holy place.
Ezra 8:22
For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.
Job 11:13
But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;
Job 11:14
If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;
Jeremiah 4:3
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.
Jeremiah 4:4
Undergo a circumcision of the heart, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem: or my wrath may come out like fire, burning so that no one is able to put it out, because of the evil of your doings.
Jeremiah 29:13
And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.
Revelation 2:23
And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.
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Psalms 24:6
This is the generation of those whose hearts are turned to you, even to your face, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
Psalms 69:13
But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain.
Psalms 69:32
The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.
Psalms 105:3
Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
Psalms 145:18
The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Isaiah 45:19
I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.
Isaiah 55:6
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Isaiah 55:7
Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
Amos 5:4
For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:
1 Peter 3:10
For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:
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Psalms 50:14
Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;
Psalms 50:18
When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives.
Psalms 50:19
You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.
Psalms 50:21
These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.
Psalms 50:23
Whoever makes an offering of praise gives glory to me; and to him who is upright in his ways I will make clear the salvation of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.
Jeremiah 7:21
These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food.
John 4:23
But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.
John 6:66
Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
Ephesians 6:18
With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,
Hebrews 13:15
Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.
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Psalms 50:20
You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.
Proverbs 21:27
The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
Proverbs 28:9
As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.
Jeremiah 7:9
Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;
Jeremiah 7:10
And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?
Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.
Amos 8:5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;
Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
Matthew 7:22
A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
Hebrews 2:2
Because if the word which came through the angels was fixed, and in the past every evil act against God's orders was given its full punishment;
1 John 3:21
My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;
1 John 3:22
And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.
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Isaiah 6:10
Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
Isaiah 29:18
And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
Matthew 13:14
And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
Matthew 13:16
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
Acts 28:25
And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,
Revelation 17:18
And the woman whom you saw is the great town, which is ruling over the kings of the earth.
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Isaiah 8:19
And when they say to you, Make request for us to those who have control of spirits, and to those wise in secret arts, who make hollow bird-like sounds; is it not right for a people to make request to their gods, to make request for the living to the dead?
Isaiah 29:3
And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.
Isaiah 29:4
And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.
Isaiah 29:5
And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone before the wind; suddenly it will come about.
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Psalms 62:8
Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)
Isaiah 30:16
Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
Jeremiah 17:6
For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.
Jeremiah 17:7
A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Romans 1:21
Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.
Romans 1:22
Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,
1 Peter 2:6
Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
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Psalms 47:7
For God is the King of all the earth; make songs of praise with knowledge.
Psalms 47:8
God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule.
Psalms 86:12
I will give you praise, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will give glory to your name for ever.
Psalms 147:7
Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music.
Isaiah 65:14
My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.
1 Corinthians 14:15
What then? let my prayer be from the spirit, and equally from the mind; let my song be from the spirit, and equally from mind.
Ephesians 5:19
Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.
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Psalms 18:44
From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.
Psalms 41:6
If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.
Jeremiah 42:5
Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us.
Jeremiah 42:6
If it is good or if it is evil, we will be guided by the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you; so that it may be well for us when we give ear to the voice of the Lord our God.
Matthew 22:16
And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.
Matthew 22:17
Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?
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Ezekiel 11:15
Son of man, your countrymen, your relations, and all the children of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the people of Jerusalem have said, Go far from the Lord; this land is given to us for a heritage:
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Ezekiel 14:7
When any one of the men of Israel, or of those from other lands who are living in Israel, who has become strange to me, and takes his false gods into his heart, and puts before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, comes to the prophet to get directions from me; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself:
Ezekiel 14:8
And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
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Ezekiel 20:1
Now it came about in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the responsible men of Israel came to get directions from the Lord and were seated before me.
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Ezekiel 20:2
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Ezekiel 32:2
Son of man, make a song of grief for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him, Young lion of the nations, destruction has come on you; and you were like a sea-beast in the seas, sending out bursts of water, troubling the waters with your feet, making their streams dirty.
Ezekiel 34:18
Does it seem a small thing to you to have taken your food on good grass-land while the rest of your grass-land is stamped down under your feet? and that after drinking from clear waters you make the rest of the waters dirty with your feet?
Luke 11:52
A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and you got in the way of those who were going in.
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Hosea 8:1
Put the horn to your mouth. He comes like an eagle against the house of the Lord; because they have gone against my agreement, they have not kept my law.
Hosea 8:3
Israel has given up what is good; his haters will go after him.
John 5:42
But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.
James 2:14
What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
James 2:15
If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
James 2:16
And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?
James 2:17
Even so faith without works is dead.
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Psalms 20:7
Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.
Psalms 20:8
They are bent down and made low; but we have been lifted up.
Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:
Isaiah 28:16
For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
Isaiah 28:17
And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.
Isaiah 28:18
And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the underworld will be broken; when the overflowing waters come through, then you will be overcome by them.
Isaiah 28:19
Whenever they come through they will overtake you; for they will come through morning after morning, by day and by night: and the news will be nothing but fear.
Isaiah 28:20
For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.
Isaiah 30:15
For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.
Isaiah 50:11
See, all you who make a fire, arming yourselves with burning branches: go in the flame of your fire, and among the branches you have put a light to. This will you have from my hand, you will make your bed in sorrow.
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.
Jonah 2:8
The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
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1 Chronicles 29:5
Gold for the gold things, and silver for the silver things, and for every sort of work to be done by the expert workmen. Who then will come forward, offering himself this day for the Lord's work?
Psalms 50:16
But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth?
Psalms 50:17
Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.
Psalms 66:18
I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
Proverbs 4:23
And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
Isaiah 48:2
For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.
Ezekiel 18:31
Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?
Hosea 6:6
Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
Malachi 1:1
The word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
Romans 8:26
And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;
Hebrews 3:12
My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:
Revelation 2:9
I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.
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Ezekiel 20:31
And when you give your offerings, causing your sons to go through the fire, you make yourselves unclean with all your images to this day; and will you come to me for directions, O children of Israel? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no direction from me.
Ezekiel 33:33
And when this comes about (see, it is coming), then it will be clear to them that a prophet has been among them.
Micah 3:7
And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.
Malachi 1:8
And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.
Malachi 1:11
For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.
Matthew 3:16
And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
Acts 9:11
And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;
2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
Hebrews 4:9
So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.
James 2:4
Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
Revelation 14:7
Saying with a loud voice, Have fear of God and give him glory; because the hour of his judging is come; and give worship to him who made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of water.
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Job 21:14
Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.
Job 21:15
What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
Psalms 73:27
For those who are far away from you will come to destruction: you will put an end to all those who have not kept faith with you.
Psalms 73:28
But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.
Psalms 119:155
Salvation is far from evil-doers; for they have made no search for your rules.
Hosea 11:12
The deceit of Ephraim and the false words of Israel are about me on every side. ...
Malachi 3:13
Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?
Malachi 3:14
You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:17
And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;
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Matthew 2:15
And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.
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Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.
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Matthew 8:20
And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
Matthew 11:16
But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,
Matthew 11:17
We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.
Matthew 11:18
For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.
Luke 15:1
Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.
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Matthew 14:16
But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.
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Matthew 14:17
And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.
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Daniel 11:37
He will have no respect for the gods of his fathers or for the god desired by women; he will have no respect for any god: for he will put himself on high over all.
Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
Mark 7:3
Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:
Mark 7:4
And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.
Mark 7:5
And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?
Colossians 2:8
Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:
Colossians 2:21
Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands,
1 Timothy 4:3
Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.
1 Peter 1:18
Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:
Revelation 14:4
These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
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Matthew 16:12
Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matthew 23:20
He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.
Matthew 23:21
And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.
Matthew 23:22
And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.
Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.
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Jeremiah 5:2
And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.
Matthew 23:15
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Matthew 23:16
A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.
Matthew 23:17
You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
Matthew 23:18
And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.
Matthew 23:19
You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?
Matthew 23:25
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.
Matthew 23:26
You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.
Matthew 23:27
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.
Matthew 23:28
Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.
Matthew 23:29
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,
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Proverbs 25:16
If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.
Ecclesiastes 7:16
Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?
Matthew 5:47
And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?
Matthew 6:6
But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
Matthew 6:7
And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.
Matthew 23:5
But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
Romans 10:1
Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.
1 Corinthians 1:29
So that no flesh might have glory before God.
Galatians 4:18
But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
Ephesians 2:9
Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.
Philippians 3:6
In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
1 Timothy 4:8
For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
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Romans 13:1
Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.
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Leviticus 13:3
And if, when the priest sees the mark on his skin, the hair on the place is turned white and the mark seems to go deeper than the skin, it is the mark of a leper: and the priest, after looking at him, will say that he is unclean.
Leviticus 13:8
And if, after looking at him, he sees that the mark is increased in his skin, let the priest say that he is unclean; he is a leper.
Philippians 3:18
For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;
Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
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Psalms 50:13
Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?
Psalms 51:6
Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
Psalms 51:17
The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.
Isaiah 1:11
What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Isaiah 57:15
For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
Ezekiel 36:26
And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.
Romans 12:1
For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
Romans 12:2
And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.
James 1:6
Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind.
James 1:7
Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;
2 Peter 2:19
Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.
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