Exodus 5:17
But he said, Ye are to much idle: therfore ye say, Let vs goe to offer sacrifice to the Lord.
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- Exod 5:8 : 8 Notwithstanding lay vpon them the nober of bricke, which they made in time past, diminish nothing thereof: for they be idle, therefore they crie, saying, Let vs go to offer sacrifice vnto our God.
- Matt 26:8 : 8 And when his disciples sawe it, they had indignation, saying, What needed this waste?
- John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for ye meate which perisheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shal giue vnto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- 2 Thess 3:10-11 : 10 For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any, which would not worke, that he should not eate. 11 For we heare, that there are some which walke among you inordinately, and worke not at all, but are busie bodies.
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- Exod 5:18-192 verses85%
18Goe therefore nowe and worke: for there shall no strawe be giuen you, yet shall yee deliuer the whole tale of bricke.
19Then the officers of the children of Israel sawe them selues in an euill case, because it was saide, Ye shall diminish nothing of your bricke, nor of euery dayes taske.
- Exod 5:4-1613 verses84%
4Then saide the King of Egypt vnto them, Moses & Aaron, why cause ye the people to cease from their workes? get you to your burdens.
5Pharaoh saide furthermore, Behold, much people is nowe in the lande, and ye make them leaue their burdens.
6Therefore Pharaoh gaue commandement the same day vnto the taskemasters of the people, and to their officers, saying,
7Ye shall giue the people no more strawe, to make bricke ( as in time past) but let them goe and gather them strawe them selues:
8Notwithstanding lay vpon them the nober of bricke, which they made in time past, diminish nothing thereof: for they be idle, therefore they crie, saying, Let vs go to offer sacrifice vnto our God.
9Lay more worke vpon the men, & cause them to do it, & let the not regard vaine words.
10Then went the taskemasters of the people and their officers out, and tolde the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will giue you no more strawe.
11Goe your selues, get you strawe where yee can finde it, yet shall nothing of your labour bee diminished.
12Then were the people scattered abroade throughout all the land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe.
13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Finish your dayes worke euery dayes taske, as ye did when ye had strawe.
14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs taskemasters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske in making bricke yesterday and to daye, as in times past?
15Then the officers of the children of Israel came, & cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?
16There is no strawe giuen to thy seruantes, and they say vnto vs, Make bricke: and loe, thy seruants are beaten, and thy people is blamed.
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13Ye said also, Beholde, it is a wearines, and ye haue snuffed at it, sayth the Lord of hostes, and ye offred that which was torne, and the lame and the sicke: thus yee offred an offring: shoulde I accept this of your hand, sayth the Lord?
- Jer 25:6-72 verses72%
6And go not after other gods to serue them and to worshippe them, and prouoke me not to anger with the workes of your hands, and I will not punish you.
7Neuerthelesse ye would not heare me, saith the Lord, but haue prouoked mee to anger with the workes of your hands to your owne hurt.
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17Yee haue wearied the Lorde with your woordes: yet yee say, Wherein haue we wearied him? When ye say, Euery one that doeth euill, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he deliteth in them. Or where is the God of iudgement?
- Jer 17:21-222 verses72%
21Thus sayth the Lorde, Take heede to your soules, and beare no burden in the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Ierusalem.
22Neither cary foorth burdens out of your houses in the Sabbath day: neither doe yee any worke, but sanctifie the Sabbath, as I commanded your fathers.
- Mal 3:13-142 verses71%
13Your wordes haue bene stout against me, sayeth the Lorde: yet ye say, What haue we spoken against thee?
14Ye haue saide, It is in vaine to serue God: and what profite is it that we haue kept his commandement, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hostes?
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5Now therefore thus saith ye Lord of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.
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7Thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.
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20Declare this in the house of Iaakob, and publish it in Iudah, saying,
- Deut 5:12-132 verses70%
12Keepe the Sabbath day, to sanctifie it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
13Sixe dayes thou shalt labour, and shalt doe all thy worke:
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24Neuerthelesse if ye will heare me, sayth the Lorde, and beare no burden through the gates of the citie in the Sabbath day, but sanctifie ye Sabbath day, so that ye do no worke therein,
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1(4:17) Take heede to thy foote when thou entrest into the House of God, and be more neere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they knowe not that they doe euil.
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5Thus sayeth the Lord, What iniquitie haue your fathers founde in mee, that they are gone farre from mee, and haue walked after vanitie, and are become vaine?
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13Beholde, is it not of the Lorde of hostes that the people shal labour in ye very fire? the people shall euen weary themselues for very vanitie.
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18Did not your fathers thus, and our God brought all this plague vpon vs, and vpon this citie? yet yee increase the wrath vpon Israel, in breaking the Sabbath.
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25And Moses sayd, Thou must giue vs also sacrifices, and burnt offrings that wee may doe sacrifice vnto the Lord our God.
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5What wil ye do then in the solemne day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord?
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15Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.
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9Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,
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7Ye offer vncleane bread vpon mine altar, and you say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that ye say the table of the Lord is not to be regarded.
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12And serued idoles: whereof the Lorde had sayd vnto them, Ye shal do no such thing,
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18By slouthfulnes the roofe of the house goeth to decaie, and by the ydlenesse of the handes the house droppeth through.
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41But Moses said, Wherefore transgresse yee thus the commandement of the Lorde? it will not so come well to passe.
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10Who is there euen among you, that would shut the doores? and kindle not fire on mine altar in vaine, I haue no pleasure in you, sayeth the Lorde of hostes, neither will I accept an offering at your hande.
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9Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to litle: and when ye brought it home, I did blowe vpon it; why, sayth the Lord of hostes? Because of mine House that is waste, and ye runne euery man vnto his owne house.
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5And he assembled the Priests and the Leuites, and said to them, Goe out vnto the cities of Iudah, & gather of all Israel money to repaire the house of your God, from yeere to yeere, and haste the thing: but the Leuites hasted not.
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23If we haue built vs an altar to returne away from the Lord, either to offer thereon burnt offering, or meate offering, or to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himselfe require it:
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17(2:18) I smote you with blasting, and with mildewe, and with haile, in all the labours of your hands: yet you turned not to me, saith the Lord.
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25Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and saide, Goe, doe sacrifice vnto your God in this lande.
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13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither heare the voyce of the Lord your God,
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25And in ye seuenth day ye shal haue an holy conuocation, wherein ye shal do no seruile work.
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5And let them deliuer it into the hande of them that doe the worke, and haue the ouersight of the house of the Lord: let them giue it to them that worke in the house of the Lorde, to repaire the decayed places of the house: