Verse 1

Keep{H8104} thy foot{H7272} when thou goest{H3212} to the house{H1004} of God;{H430} for to draw nigh{H7138} to hear{H8085} is better than to give{H5414} the sacrifice{H2077} of fools:{H3684} for they know{H3045} not that they do{H6213} evil.{H7451}

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice{H2077} of the wicked{H7563} is an abomination{H8441} to Jehovah;{H3068} But the prayer{H8605} of the upright{H3477} is his delight.{H7522}
  • Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said,{H559} Draw not nigh{H7126} hither:{H1988} put off{H5394} thy shoes{H5275} from off thy feet,{H7272} for the place{H4725} whereon{H834} thou standest{H5975} is holy{H6944} ground.{H127}
  • Josh 5:15 : 15 And the prince{H8269} of Jehovah's{H3068} host{H6635} said{H559} unto Joshua,{H3091} Put off{H5394} thy shoe{H5275} from off thy foot;{H7272} for the place{H4725} whereon thou standest{H5975} is holy.{H6944} And Joshua{H3091} did{H6213} so.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice{H2077} of the wicked{H7563} is an abomination:{H8441} How much more, when he bringeth{H935} it with a wicked mind!{H2154}
  • Isa 1:12-20 : 12 When ye come{H935} to appear{H7200} before{H6440} me, who hath required{H1245} this at your hand,{H3027} to trample{H7429} my courts?{H2691} 13 Bring{H935} no more{H3254} vain{H7723} oblations;{H4503} incense{H7004} is an abomination{H8441} unto me; new moon{H2320} and sabbath,{H7676} the calling{H7121} of assemblies,—{H4744} I cannot away with{H3201} iniquity{H205} and the solemn meeting.{H6116} 14 Your new moons{H2320} and your appointed feasts{H4150} my soul{H5315} hateth;{H8130} they are a trouble{H2960} unto me; I am weary{H3811} of bearing{H5375} them. 15 And when ye spread forth{H6566} your hands,{H3709} I will hide{H5956} mine eyes{H5869} from you; yea, when ye make many{H7235} prayers,{H8605} I will not hear:{H8085} your hands{H3027} are full{H4390} of blood.{H1818} 16 Wash{H7364} you, make you clean;{H2135} put away{H5493} the evil{H7455} of your doings{H4611} from before{H5048} mine eyes;{H5869} cease{H2308} to do evil;{H7489} 17 learn{H3925} to do well;{H3190} seek{H1875} justice,{H4941} relieve{H833} the oppressed,{H2541} judge{H8199} the fatherless,{H3490} plead{H7378} for the widow.{H490} 18 Come now,{H3212} and let us reason together,{H3198} saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} though your sins{H2399} be as scarlet,{H8144} they shall be as white{H3835} as snow;{H7950} though they be red{H119} like crimson,{H8438} they shall be as wool.{H6785} 19 If ye be willing{H14} and obedient,{H8085} ye shall eat{H398} the good{H2898} of the land:{H776} 20 but if ye refuse{H3985} and rebel,{H4784} ye shall be devoured{H398} with the sword;{H2719} for the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} it.
  • Isa 66:3 : 3 He that killeth{H7819} an ox{H7794} is as he that slayeth{H5221} a man;{H376} he that sacrificeth{H2076} a lamb,{H7716} as he that breaketh{H6202} a dog's{H3611} neck;{H6202} he that offereth{H5927} an oblation,{H4503} as he that offereth swine's{H2386} blood;{H1818} he that burneth{H2142} frankincense,{H3828} as he that blesseth{H1288} an idol.{H205} Yea, they have chosen{H977} their own ways,{H1870} and their soul{H5315} delighteth{H2654} in their abominations:{H8251}
  • Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} Add{H5595} your burnt-offerings{H5930} unto your sacrifices,{H2077} and eat{H398} ye flesh.{H1320} 22 For I spake{H1696} not unto your fathers,{H1} nor commanded{H6680} them in the day{H3117} that I brought them out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} concerning{H1697} burnt-offerings{H5930} or sacrifices:{H2077} 23 but this thing{H1697} I commanded{H6680} them, saying,{H559} Hearken{H8085} unto my voice,{H6963} and I will be your God,{H430} and ye shall be my people;{H5971} and walk{H1980} ye in all the way{H1870} that I command{H6680} you, that it may be well{H3190} with you.
  • Hos 6:6-7 : 6 For I desire{H2654} goodness,{H2617} and not sacrifice;{H2077} and the knowledge{H1847} of God{H430} more than burnt-offerings.{H5930} 7 But they like Adam{H120} have transgressed{H5674} the covenant:{H1285} there have they dealt treacherously{H898} against me.
  • Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Wherefore,{G1352} receiving{G3880} a kingdom{G932} that cannot be shaken,{G761} let us have{G2192} grace,{G5485} whereby{G3739} {G1223} we may offer service{G3000} well-pleasing{G2102} to God{G2316} with{G3326} reverence{G127} and{G2532} awe:{G2124} 29 for{G2532} our{G2257} God{G2316} is a{G1063} consuming{G2654} fire.{G4442}
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Ye know{G5620} [this], my{G3450} beloved{G27} brethren.{G80} But let every{G3956} man{G444} be{G2077} swift{G5036} to{G1519} hear,{G191} slow{G1021} to{G1519} speak,{G2980} slow{G1021} to{G1519} wrath:{G3709}
  • 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 Putting away{G659} therefore{G3767} all{G3956} wickedness,{G2549} and{G2532} all{G3956} guile,{G1388} and{G2532} hypocrisies,{G5272} and{G2532} envies,{G5355} and{G2532} all{G3956} evil speakings,{G2636} 2 as{G5613} newborn{G738} babes,{G1025} long{G1971} for the spiritual{G97} milk{G1051} {G3050} which is without guile, that{G2443} ye may grow{G837} thereby{G846} unto salvation;
  • Ps 89:7 : 7 A God{H410} very{H7227} terrible{H6206} in the council{H5475} of the holy{H6918} ones, And to be feared{H3372} above all them that are round about{H5439} him?
  • Mal 1:10-11 : 10 Oh that there were one among you that would shut{H5462} the doors,{H1817} that ye might not kindle{H215} [fire on] mine altar{H4196} in vain! I have no{H2600} pleasure{H2656} in you, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} neither will I accept{H7521} an offering{H4503} at your hand.{H3027} 11 For from the rising{H4217} of the sun{H8121} even unto the going down{H3996} of the same my name{H8034} [shall be] great{H1419} among the Gentiles;{H1471} and in every place{H4725} incense{H6999} [shall be] offered{H5066} unto my name,{H8034} and a pure{H2889} offering:{H4503} for my name{H8034} [shall be] great{H1419} among the Gentiles,{H1471} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 Forthwith{G1824} therefore{G3767} I sent{G3992} to{G4314} thee;{G4571} and{G5037} thou{G4771} hast{G4160} well{G2573} done{G4160} that thou{G4771} art come.{G3854} Now{G3568} therefore{G3767} we{G2249} are all{G3956} here present{G3918} in the sight{G1799} of God,{G2316} to hear{G191} all things{G3956} that{G3588} have been commanded{G4367} thee{G4671} of{G5259} the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 11:22 : 22 What,{G3361} have ye{G2192} not{G3756} houses{G3614} to{G1519} eat{G2068} and{G2532} to drink in?{G4095} or{G2228} despise ye{G2706} the church{G1577} of God,{G2316} and{G2532} put them{G3588} to shame{G2617} that have{G2192} not?{G3361} What{G5101} shall I say{G2036} to you?{G5213} shall I praise{G1867} you?{G5209} In{G1722} this{G5129} I praise{G1867} you not.{G3756}
  • Heb 10:26 : 26 For{G1063} if{G264} we{G2257} sin{G264} wilfully{G1596} after{G3326} that we have received{G2983} the knowledge{G1922} of the truth,{G225} there remaineth{G620} no more{G3765} a sacrifice{G2378} for{G4012} sins,{G266}
  • 1 Sam 15:21-22 : 21 But the people{H5971} took{H3947} of the spoil,{H7998} sheep{H6629} and oxen,{H1241} the chief{H7225} of the devoted{H2764} things, to sacrifice{H2076} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in Gilgal.{H1537} 22 And Samuel{H8050} said,{H559} Hath Jehovah{H3068} as great delight{H2656} in burnt-offerings{H5930} and sacrifices,{H2077} as in obeying{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah?{H3068} Behold, to obey{H8085} is better{H2896} than sacrifice,{H2077} and to hearken{H8085} than the fat{H2459} of rams.{H352}
  • 2 Chr 26:16 : 16 But when he was strong,{H2393} his heart{H3820} was lifted up,{H1361} so that he did corruptly,{H7843} and he trespassed{H4603} against Jehovah{H3068} his God;{H430} for he went{H935} into the temple{H1964} of Jehovah{H3068} to burn incense{H6999} upon the altar{H4196} of incense.{H6999}
  • Ps 50:8-9 : 8 I will not reprove{H3198} thee for thy sacrifices;{H2077} And thy burnt-offerings{H5930} are continually{H8548} before me. 9 I will take{H3947} no bullock{H6499} out of thy house,{H1004} Nor he-goats{H6260} out of thy folds.{H4356} 10 For every beast{H2416} of the forest{H3293} is mine, And the cattle{H929} upon a thousand{H505} hills.{H2042} 11 I know{H3045} all the birds{H5775} of the mountains;{H2022} And the wild beasts{H2123} of the field{H7704} are mine.{H5978} 12 If I were hungry,{H7456} I would not tell{H559} thee; For the world{H8398} is mine, and the fulness{H4393} thereof. 13 Will I eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} of bulls,{H47} Or drink{H8354} the blood{H1818} of goats?{H6260} 14 Offer{H2076} unto God{H430} the sacrifice of thanksgiving;{H8426} And pay{H7999} thy vows{H5088} unto the Most High:{H5945} 15 And call{H7121} upon me in the day{H3117} of trouble;{H6869} I will deliver{H2502} thee, and thou shalt glorify{H3513} me. 16 But unto the wicked{H7563} God{H430} saith,{H559} What hast thou to do to declare{H5608} my statutes,{H2706} And that thou hast taken{H5375} my covenant{H1285} in thy mouth,{H6310} 17 Seeing thou hatest{H8130} instruction,{H4148} And castest{H7993} my words{H1697} behind{H310} thee? 18 When thou sawest{H7200} a thief,{H1590} thou consentedst{H7521} with him, And hast been partaker{H2506} with adulterers.{H5003}
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses{H4872} said{H559} unto Aaron,{H175} This is it that Jehovah{H3068} spake,{H1696} saying,{H559} I will be sanctified{H6942} in them that come nigh{H7138} me, and before{H6440} all the people{H5971} I will be glorified.{H3513} And Aaron{H175} held his peace.{H1826}
  • Gen 4:3-5 : 3 And in process{H7093} of time{H3117} it came to pass, that Cain{H7014} brought{H935} of the fruit{H6529} of the ground{H127} an offering{H4503} unto Jehovah.{H3068} 4 And Abel,{H1893} he{H1931} also brought{H935} of the firstlings{H1062} of his flock{H6629} and of the fat{H2459} thereof. And Jehovah{H3068} had respect{H8159} unto Abel{H1893} and to his offering:{H4503} 5 but unto Cain{H7014} and to his offering{H4503} he had not respect.{H8159} And Cain{H7014} was very{H3966} wroth,{H2734} and his countenance{H6440} fell.{H5307}
  • Gen 28:16-17 : 16 And Jacob{H3290} awaked{H3364} out of his sleep,{H8142} and he said,{H559} Surely{H403} Jehovah{H3068} is{H3426} in this place;{H4725} and I knew{H3045} it not. 17 And he was afraid,{H3372} and said,{H559} How dreadful{H3372} is this place!{H4725} this is none other than the house{H1004} of God,{H430} and this is the gate{H8179} of heaven.{H8064}
  • 1 Sam 13:12-13 : 12 therefore said{H559} I, Now will the Philistines{H6430} come down{H3381} upon me to Gilgal,{H1537} and I have not entreated{H2470} the favor of{H6440} Jehovah:{H3068} I forced{H662} myself therefore, and offered{H5927} the burnt-offering.{H5930} 13 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559} to Saul,{H7586} Thou hast done foolishly;{H5528} thou hast not kept{H8104} the commandment{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} which he commanded{H6680} thee: for now would Jehovah{H3068} have established{H3559} thy kingdom{H4467} upon Israel{H3478} for{H5704} ever.{H5769}