Proverbs 21:27
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27 The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!(A)
Proverbs 28:9
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9 Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law—
even his prayer is detestable.(A)
Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Caution in God’s Presence
5 [a]Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do,(A) for they ignorantly do wrong.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:1 Ec 4:17 in Hb
Isaiah 1:11
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11 “What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.(A)
Jeremiah 6:20
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20 What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba(A)
or sweet cane(B) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;
your sacrifices do not please Me.(C)
Micah 6:7
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7 Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams(A)
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,(B)
the child of my body for my own sin?
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