Bible Cross References
So is this people
Haggai 1:4-11
4
"My people, why should you be living in well-built houses while my Temple lies in ruins?
5
Don't you see what is happening to you?
6
You have planted much grain, but have harvested very little. You have food to eat, but not enough to make you full. You have wine to drink, but not enough to get drunk on! You have clothing, but not enough to keep you warm. And workers cannot earn enough to live on.
7
Can't you see why this has happened?
8
Now go up into the hills, get lumber, and rebuild the Temple; then I will be pleased and will be worshiped as I should be.
9
"You hoped for large harvests, but they turned out to be small. And when you brought the harvest home, I blew it away. Why did I do that? Because my Temple lies in ruins while every one of you is busy working on your own house.
10
That is why there is no rain and nothing can grow.
11
I have brought drought on the land---on its hills, grainfields, vineyards, and olive orchards---on every crop the ground produces, on people and animals, on everything you try to grow."
Proverbs 15:8
The LORD is pleased when good people pray, but hates the sacrifices that the wicked bring him.
Proverbs 21:4
Wicked people are controlled by their conceit and arrogance, and this is sinful.
Proverbs 21:27
The LORD hates it when wicked people offer him sacrifices, especially if they do it from evil motives.
Proverbs 28:9
If you do not obey the law, God will find your prayers too hateful to hear.
Isaiah 1:11-15
11
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.
12
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?
13
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.
Titus 1:15
Everything is pure to those who are themselves pure; but nothing is pure to those who are defiled and unbelieving, for their minds and consciences have been defiled.
Jude 1:23
save others by snatching them out of the fire; and to others show mercy mixed with fear, but hate their very clothes, stained by their sinful lusts.
and that
Ezra 3:2
and Joshua son of Jehozadak, his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, together with his relatives, rebuilt the altar of the God of Israel, so that they could burn sacrifices on it according to the instructions written in the Law of Moses, the man of God.
Ezra 3:3
Even though the returning exiles were afraid of the people who were living in the land, they rebuilt the altar where it had stood before. Then they began once again to burn on it the regular morning and evening sacrifices.