Verse 12

I will declare{H5046}{(H8686)} thy righteousness{H6666}, and thy works{H4639}; for they shall not profit{H3276}{(H8686)} thee.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 1:11-15 : 11 To what{H4100} purpose is the multitude{H7230} of your sacrifices{H2077} unto me? saith{H559}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}: I am full{H7646}{(H8804)} of the burnt offerings{H5930} of rams{H352}, and the fat{H2459} of fed beasts{H4806}; and I delight{H2654}{(H8804)} not in the blood{H1818} of bullocks{H6499}, or of lambs{H3532}, or of he goats{H6260}. 12 When ye come{H935}{(H8799)} to appear{H7200}{(H8736)} before{H6440} me, who hath required{H1245}{(H8765)} this at your hand{H3027}, to tread{H7429}{(H8800)} my courts{H2691}? 13 Bring{H935}{(H8687)} no more{H3254}{(H8686)} vain{H7723} oblations{H4503}; incense{H7004} is an abomination{H8441} unto me; the new moons{H2320} and sabbaths{H7676}, the calling{H7121}{(H8800)} of assemblies{H4744}, I cannot away with{H3201}{(H8799)}; it is iniquity{H205}, even the solemn meeting{H6116}. 14 Your new moons{H2320} and your appointed feasts{H4150} my soul{H5315} hateth{H8130}{(H8804)}: they are a trouble{H2960} unto me; I am weary{H3811}{(H8738)} to bear{H5375}{(H8800)} them. 15 And when ye spread forth{H6566}{(H8763)} your hands{H3709}, I will hide{H5956}{(H8686)} mine eyes{H5869} from you: yea, when ye make many{H7235}{(H8686)} prayers{H8605}, I will not hear{H8085}{(H8802)}: your hands{H3027} are full{H4390}{(H8804)} of blood{H1818}.
  • Mic 3:2-4 : 2 Who hate{H8130}{(H8802)} the good{H2896}, and love{H157}{(H8802)} the evil{H7451}; who pluck off{H1497}{(H8802)} their skin{H5785} from off them, and their flesh{H7607} from off their bones{H6106}; 3 Who also eat{H398}{(H8804)} the flesh{H7607} of my people{H5971}, and flay{H6584}{(H8689)} their skin{H5785} from off them; and they break{H6476}{(H8765)} their bones{H6106}, and chop them in pieces{H6566}{(H8804)}, as for the pot{H5518}, and as flesh{H1320} within{H8432} the caldron{H7037}. 4 Then shall they cry{H2199}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, but he will not hear{H6030}{(H8799)} them: he will even hide{H5641}{(H8686)} his face{H6440} from them at that time{H6256}, as they have behaved themselves ill{H7489}{(H8689)} in their doings{H4611}.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 But{G1161} all{G3956} their{G846} works{G2041} they do{G4160}{(G5719)} for{G4314} to be seen{G2300}{(G5683)} of men{G444}:{G1161} they make broad{G4115}{(G5719)} their{G846} phylacteries{G5440}, and{G2532} enlarge{G3170}{(G5719)} the borders{G2899} of their{G846} garments{G2440},
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But{G1161} woe{G3759} unto you{G5213}, scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees{G5330}, hypocrites{G5273}! for{G3754} ye shut up{G2808}{(G5719)} the kingdom{G932} of heaven{G3772} against{G1715} men{G444}: for{G1063} ye{G5210} neither{G3761} go in{G1525}{(G5736)} yourselves, neither{G3756} suffer ye{G863}{(G5719)} them that are entering{G1525}{(G5740)} to go in{G1525}{(G5629)}.
  • Rom 3:10-20 : 10 As{G2531} it is written{G1125}{(G5769)},{G3754} There is{G2076}{(G5748)} none{G3756} righteous{G1342}, no, not{G3761} one{G1520}: 11 There is{G2076}{(G5748)} none{G3756} that understandeth{G4920}{(G5723)}, there is{G2076}{(G5748)} none{G3756} that seeketh after{G1567}{(G5723)} God{G2316}. 12 They are{G1578} all{G3956} gone out of the way{G1578}{(G5656)}, they are{G889} together{G260} become unprofitable{G889}{(G5681)}; there is{G2076}{(G5748)} none{G3756} that doeth{G4160}{(G5723)} good{G5544}, no, not{G3756} one{G2076}{(G5748)}{G2193}{G1520}. 13 Their{G846} throat{G2995} is an open{G455}{(G5772)} sepulchre{G5028}; with their{G846} tongues{G1100} they have used deceit{G1387}{(G5707)}; the poison{G2447} of asps{G785} is under{G5259} their{G846} lips{G5491}: 14 Whose{G3739} mouth{G4750} is full{G1073}{(G5719)} of cursing{G685} and{G2532} bitterness{G4088}: 15 Their{G846} feet{G4228} are swift{G3691} to shed{G1632}{(G5658)} blood{G129}: 16 Destruction{G4938} and{G2532} misery{G5004} are in{G1722} their{G846} ways{G3598}: 17 And{G2532} the way{G3598} of peace{G1515} have{G1097} they not{G3756} known{G1097}{(G5627)}: 18 There is{G2076}{(G5748)} no{G3756} fear{G5401} of God{G2316} before{G561} their{G846} eyes{G3788}. 19 Now{G1161} we know{G1492}{(G5758)} that{G3754} what things soever{G3745} the law{G3551} saith{G3004}{(G5719)}, it saith{G2980}{(G5719)} to them who are under{G1722} the law{G3551}: that{G2443} every{G3956} mouth{G4750} may be stopped{G5420}{(G5652)}, and{G2532} all{G3956} the world{G2889} may become{G1096}{(G5638)} guilty{G5267} before God{G2316}. 20 Therefore{G1360} by{G1537} the deeds{G2041} of the law{G3551} there shall{G1344} no{G3956}{G3756} flesh{G4561} be justified{G1344}{(G5701)} in his{G846} sight{G1799}: for{G1063} by{G1223} the law{G3551} is the knowledge{G1922} of sin{G266}.
  • Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe{H1945} unto them that seek deep{H6009}{(H8688)} to hide{H5641}{(H8687)} their counsel{H6098} from the LORD{H3068}, and their works{H4639} are in the dark{H4285}, and they say{H559}{(H8799)}, Who seeth{H7200}{(H8802)} us? and who knoweth{H3045}{(H8802)} us?
  • Isa 58:2-6 : 2 Yet they seek{H1875}{(H8799)} me daily{H3117}{H3117}, and delight{H2654}{(H8799)} to know{H1847} my ways{H1870}, as a nation{H1471} that did{H6213}{(H8804)} righteousness{H6666}, and forsook{H5800}{(H8804)} not the ordinance{H4941} of their God{H430}: they ask{H7592}{(H8799)} of me the ordinances{H4941} of justice{H6664}; they take delight{H2654}{(H8799)} in approaching{H7132} to God{H430}. 3 Wherefore have we fasted{H6684}{(H8804)}, say they, and thou seest{H7200}{(H8804)} not? wherefore have we afflicted{H6031}{(H8765)} our soul{H5315}, and thou takest no knowledge{H3045}{(H8799)}? Behold, in the day{H3117} of your fast{H6685} ye find{H4672}{(H8799)} pleasure{H2656}, and exact{H5065}{(H8799)} all your labours{H6092}. 4 Behold, ye fast{H6684}{(H8799)} for strife{H7379} and debate{H4683}, and to smite{H5221}{(H8687)} with the fist{H106} of wickedness{H7562}: ye shall not fast{H6684}{(H8799)} as ye do this day{H3117}, to make your voice{H6963} to be heard{H8085}{(H8687)} on high{H4791}. 5 Is it such a fast{H6685} that I have chosen{H977}{(H8799)}? a day{H3117} for a man{H120} to afflict{H6031}{(H8763)} his soul{H5315}? is it to bow down{H3721}{(H8800)} his head{H7218} as a bulrush{H100}, and to spread{H3331}{(H8686)} sackcloth{H8242} and ashes{H665} under him? wilt thou call{H7121}{(H8799)} this{H2088} a fast{H6685}, and an acceptable{H7522} day{H3117} to the LORD{H3068}? 6 Is not this the fast{H6685} that I have chosen{H977}{(H8799)}? to loose{H6605}{(H8763)} the bands{H2784} of wickedness{H7562}, to undo{H5425}{(H8687)} the heavy{H4133} burdens{H92}, and to let the oppressed{H7533}{(H8803)} go{H7971}{(H8763)} free{H2670}, and that ye break{H5423}{(H8762)} every yoke{H4133}?
  • Isa 59:6-8 : 6 Their webs{H6980} shall not become garments{H899}, neither shall they cover{H3680}{(H8691)} themselves with their works{H4639}: their works{H4639} are works{H4639} of iniquity{H205}, and the act{H6467} of violence{H2555} is in their hands{H3709}. 7 Their feet{H7272} run{H7323}{(H8799)} to evil{H7451}, and they make haste{H4116}{(H8762)} to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818}: their thoughts{H4284} are thoughts{H4284} of iniquity{H205}; wasting{H7701} and destruction{H7667} are in their paths{H4546}. 8 The way{H1870} of peace{H7965} they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not; and there is no judgment{H4941} in their goings{H4570}: they have made them crooked{H6140}{(H8765)} paths{H5410}: whosoever goeth{H1869}{(H8802)} therein shall not know{H3045}{(H8804)} peace{H7965}.
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 Thou meetest{H6293}{(H8804)} him that rejoiceth{H7797}{(H8801)} and worketh{H6213}{(H8802)} righteousness{H6664}, those that remember{H2142}{(H8799)} thee in thy ways{H1870}: behold, thou art wroth{H7107}{(H8804)}; for we have sinned{H2398}{(H8799)}: in those is continuance{H5769}, and we shall be saved{H3467}{(H8735)}.
  • Jer 7:4-9 : 4 Trust{H982}{(H8799)} ye not in lying{H8267} words{H1697}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}, The temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}, The temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}, are these. 5 For if ye throughly{H3190}{(H8687)} amend{H3190}{(H8686)} your ways{H1870} and your doings{H4611}; if ye throughly{H6213}{(H8800)} execute{H6213}{(H8799)} judgment{H4941} between a man{H376} and his neighbour{H7453}; 6 If ye oppress{H6231}{(H8799)} not the stranger{H1616}, the fatherless{H3490}, and the widow{H490}, and shed{H8210}{(H8799)} not innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} in this place{H4725}, neither walk{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} to your hurt{H7451}: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell{H7931}{(H8765)} in this place{H4725}, in the land{H776} that I gave{H5414}{(H8804)} to your fathers{H1}, for{H5704} ever{H5769} and ever{H5769}. 8 Behold, ye trust{H982}{(H8802)} in lying{H8267} words{H1697}, that cannot profit{H3276}{(H8687)}. 9 Will ye steal{H1589}{(H8800)}, murder{H7523}{(H8800)}, and commit adultery{H5003}{(H8800)}, and swear{H7650}{(H8736)} falsely{H8267}, and burn incense{H6999}{(H8763)} unto Baal{H1168}, and walk{H1980}{(H8800)} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} whom ye know{H3045}{(H8804)} not; 10 And come{H935}{(H8804)} and stand{H5975}{(H8804)} before{H6440} me in this house{H1004}, which is called{H7121}{(H8738)} by my name{H8034}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, We are delivered{H5337}{(H8738)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} all these abominations{H8441}? 11 Is this house{H1004}, which is called{H7121}{(H8738)} by my name{H8034}, become a den{H4631} of robbers{H6530} in your eyes{H5869}? Behold, even I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} it, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Isa 66:3-4 : 3 He that killeth{H7819}{(H8802)} an ox{H7794} is as if he slew{H5221}{(H8688)} a man{H376}; he that sacrificeth{H2076}{(H8802)} a lamb{H7716}, as if he cut off{H6202} a dog's{H3611} neck{H6202}{(H8802)}; he that offereth{H5927}{(H8688)} an oblation{H4503}, as if he offered swine's{H2386} blood{H1818}; he that burneth{H2142}{(H8688)} incense{H3828}, as if he blessed{H1288}{(H8764)} an idol{H205}. Yea, they have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} their own ways{H1870}, and their soul{H5315} delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} in their abominations{H8251}. 4 I also will choose{H977}{(H8799)} their delusions{H8586}, and will bring{H935}{(H8686)} their fears{H4035} upon them; because when I called{H7121}{(H8804)}, none did answer{H6030}{(H8802)}; when I spake{H1696}{(H8765)}, they did not hear{H8085}{(H8804)}: but they did{H6213}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} before mine eyes{H5869}, and chose{H977}{(H8804)} that in which I delighted{H2654}{(H8804)} not.
  • Rom 10:2-3 : 2 For{G1063} I bear{G3140} them{G846} record{G3140}{(G5719)} that{G3754} they have{G2192}{(G5719)} a zeal{G2205} of God{G2316}, but{G235} not{G3756} according{G2596} to knowledge{G1922}. 3 For{G1063} they being ignorant{G50}{(G5723)} of God's{G2316} righteousness{G1343}, and{G2532} going about{G2212}{(G5723)} to establish{G2476}{(G5658)} their own{G2398} righteousness{G1343}, have{G5293} not{G3756} submitted themselves{G5293}{(G5648)} unto the righteousness{G1343} of God{G2316}.