Bible Cross References
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Isaiah 1:11-15
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He says, "Do you think I want all these sacrifices you keep offering to me? I have had more than enough of the sheep you burn as sacrifices and of the fat of your fine animals. I am tired of the blood of bulls and sheep and goats.
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Who asked you to bring me all this when you come to worship me? Who asked you to do all this tramping around in my Temple?
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It's useless to bring your offerings. I am disgusted with the smell of the incense you burn. I cannot stand your New Moon Festivals, your Sabbaths, and your religious gatherings; they are all corrupted by your sins.
14
I hate your New Moon Festivals and holy days; they are a burden that I am tired of bearing.
15
"When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.
Isaiah 58:2-6
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They worship me every day, claiming that they are eager to know my ways and obey my laws. They say they want me to give them just laws and that they take pleasure in worshiping me."
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The people ask, "Why should we fast if the LORD never notices? Why should we go without food if he pays no attention?" The LORD says to them, "The truth is that at the same time you fast, you pursue your own interests and oppress your workers.
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Your fasting makes you violent, and you quarrel and fight. Do you think this kind of fasting will make me listen to your prayers?
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When you fast, you make yourselves suffer; you bow your heads low like a blade of grass and spread out sackcloth and ashes to lie on. Is that what you call fasting? Do you think I will be pleased with that?
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"The kind of fasting I want is this: Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free.
Isaiah 59:6-8
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You are always planning something evil, and you can hardly wait to do it. You never hesitate to murder innocent people. You leave ruin and destruction wherever you go,
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and no one is safe when you are around. Everything you do is unjust. You follow a crooked path, and no one who walks that path will ever be safe.
Isaiah 64:5
You welcome those who find joy in doing what is right, those who remember how you want them to live. You were angry with us, but we went on sinning; in spite of your great anger we have continued to do wrong since ancient times.
Isaiah 66:3
"The people do as they please. It's all the same to them whether they kill a bull as a sacrifice or sacrifice a human being; whether they sacrifice a lamb or break a dog's neck; whether they present a grain offering or offer pigs' blood; whether they offer incense or pray to an idol. They take pleasure in disgusting ways of worship.
Isaiah 66:4
So I will bring disaster upon them---the very things they are afraid of---because no one answered when I called or listened when I spoke. They chose to disobey me and do evil."
Jeremiah 7:4-11
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Stop believing those deceitful words, 'We are safe! This is the LORD's Temple, this is the LORD's Temple, this is the LORD's Temple!'
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"Change the way you are living and stop doing the things you are doing. Be fair in your treatment of one another.
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Stop taking advantage of aliens, orphans, and widows. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop worshiping other gods, for that will destroy you.
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If you change, I will let you go on living here in the land which I gave your ancestors as a permanent possession.
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"Look, you put your trust in deceitful words.
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You steal, murder, commit adultery, tell lies under oath, offer sacrifices to Baal, and worship gods that you had not known before.
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You do these things I hate, and then you come and stand in my presence, in my own Temple, and say, 'We are safe!'
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Do you think that my Temple is a hiding place for robbers? I have seen what you are doing.
Micah 3:2-4
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yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
3
You eat my people up. You strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot.
4
The time is coming when you will cry out to the LORD, but he will not answer you. He will not listen to your prayers, for you have done evil.
Matthew 23:5
They do everything so that people will see them. Look at the straps with scripture verses on them which they wear on their foreheads and arms, and notice how large they are! Notice also how long are the tassels on their cloaks!
Matthew 23:14
Romans 3:10-20
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As the Scriptures say: "There is no one who is righteous,
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no one who is wise or who worships God.
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All have turned away from God; they have all gone wrong; no one does what is right, not even one.
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Their words are full of deadly deceit; wicked lies roll off their tongues, and dangerous threats, like snake's poison, from their lips;
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their speech is filled with bitter curses.
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They are quick to hurt and kill;
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they leave ruin and destruction wherever they go.
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They have not known the path of peace,
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nor have they learned reverence for God."
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Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment.
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For no one is put right in God's sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law does is to make us know that we have sinned.
Romans 10:2
I can assure you that they are deeply devoted to God; but their devotion is not based on true knowledge.
Romans 10:3
They have not known the way in which God puts people right with himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people right.