Ecclesiastes 5:1
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
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Genesis 28:16, 17
When Jacob woke up, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it." . . .

Exodus 3:5
"Do not come any closer, " God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground."

Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD meant when He said: 'To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.'" But Aaron remained silent.

Joshua 5:15
The commander of the LORD's army replied, "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.

2 Chronicles 26:16
But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

Psalm 89:7
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

Isaiah 1:12
When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you--this trampling of My courts?

1 Corinthians 11:22
Don't you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? Of course not!

Hebrews 12:28, 29
Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe. . . .

ready

Acts 10:33
So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us."

Acts 17:11
Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

James 1:19
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

1 Peter 2:1, 2
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. . . .

give

Genesis 4:3-5
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD, . . .

1 Samuel 13:12, 13
I thought, 'Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.' So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering." . . .

1 Samuel 15:21, 22
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of which was devoted to destruction to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal." . . .

Psalm 50:8-18
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. . . .

Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable--how much more so when brought with ill intent!

Isaiah 1:12-15
When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you--this trampling of My courts? . . .

Isaiah 66:3
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig's blood; whoever offers incense is like one who praises an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

Jeremiah 7:21-23
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! . . .

Hosea 6:6, 7
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. . . .

Malachi 1:10, 11
"Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you, " says the LORD of Hosts, "and I will accept no offering from your hands." . . .

Hebrews 10:26
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.

King James Bible
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.

International Standard Version
Watch your step whenever you visit God's house, and come more ready to listen than to offer a fool's sacrifice, since fools never think they're doing evil.

NET Bible
Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.
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