Isaiah 1:13

Modern English Version

Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations — I cannot bear with evil assemblies.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

He said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither New Moon nor Sabbath.” She said, “It will be all right.”

1 Chronicles 23:31

and to offer up all burnt offerings to the Lord, for Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, by number as the judgment concerning them, continually before the Lord,

Psalm 78:40

How often they provoked Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

Exodus 12:16

On the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them, but that which every man must eat—that only may be prepared for you.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!

Proverbs 7:14

“I have peace offerings with me; this day I have paid my vows.

Isaiah 66:23

From one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me, says the Lord.

Isaiah 66:3

He who kills a bull is as if he kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood; he who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;

Lamentations 2:6

He has violently taken away His tabernacle as if it were a garden; He has destroyed His place of assembly; the Lord has caused the solemn feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion. In his fierce indignation He has despised the king and the priest.

Ezekiel 20:39

As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: Go serve every one of you his idols, but later you shall surely listen to Me. But do not pollute My holy name anymore with your gifts and with your idols.

Hosea 2:11

I will also bring to an end all her joy, her annual feasts, her New Moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

Joel 1:14

Consecrate a fast, call a sacred assembly, assemble the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.

Joel 2:15

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, call a sacred assembly.

Leviticus 26:31

I will make your cities a waste and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the aroma of your fragrant offerings.

Malachi 1:10

Who is there among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on My altar in vain? I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of Hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

Numbers 10:2

Make for yourself two silver trumpets. Of a hammered work you will make them, and you will use them for summoning of the assembly and directing the breaking up of the camps.

Matthew 15:9

In vain they do worship Me, teaching as instructions from the precepts of men.’ ”

Luke 11:42

“Woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

1 Corinthians 11:17

Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse.

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you are sealed for the day of redemption.

Philippians 1:15

Some indeed are preaching Christ out of envy and strife, and some also from good will.